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This is incorrect as this often can be managed by the GP in the community. All men that present with erectile dysfunction should have a diabetes screen, a lipid profile for CVD disease via Q risk 3 and a morning total testosterone measured, all of which can cause and exacerbate the condition
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d
All men that present with erectile dysfunction should be referred to an erectile dysfunction specialist
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This is incorrect because taking PDE5Is on a full stomach slows drug absorption
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e
When taking phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors, it is important to take on a full stomach
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this is incorrect, as the nerve impulses actually **stimulate** the release of nitric oxide from cavernous nerve terminals which will diffuse into cavernosal smooth muscle cells
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c
In the development of an erection, nerve impulses inhibit the release of nitric oxide from cavernous nerve terminals which diffuse into cavernosal smooth muscle cells
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This is incorrect as one of the treatments for erectile dysfunction is a phosphodiesterase type 5 **inhibitors**, which works by blocking the enzyme which breaks down cGMP to GMP, leading to a sharp rise in cGMP levels. This causes smooth muscle **relaxation** which improves erection
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b
Treatment with phosphodiesterase Type 5 stimulates smooth muscle contraction to promote erection
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This is the correct answer. Hypercholesterolaemia is also a vasculogenic cause
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a
Some of the vasculogenic causes of erectile dysfunction are atherosclerosis, hypertension, and diabetes
Concept
Chapter
2693
5363
Erectile Dysfunction
Topic
264
Reproductive Medicine
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Erectile dysfunction affects up to 50% of men aged between 40 and 70 years old.

Which of the following is correct?
a