Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

ED is Complex: Why You Shouldn't Treat it Yourself 🛑 #ED #HealthTips #MensHealth

5 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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Dr. Anne Truong explains that erectile dysfunction involves the brain, nerves, hormones, heart, blood vessels, and penis. Only about one-third of men talk to their doctors about it, but treating it yourself is risky. See a doctor the way you would for chest pain.

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I want you to treat your ED as if you're having chest pain. You don't want to try to treat it yourself because ED is quite complex, and it involves from the brain all the way down to the nerve, the hormone, the heart, the blood vessels, and then the penis. So it involves multiple systems, multiple steps that are going on. I understand that ED is a personal thing. It is somewhat embarrassing to talk about, and studies have shown that only 1/3 of men actually talk about it with their doctor. I get it. It's something personal you don't want anybody to know, but I want to stress to you guys that you want to treat ED as if it's chest pain, okay?