Approximately 52% of adult males in the United States are affected by erectile dysfunction (ED) to varying degrees. This surprising statistic drives home two things: You’re not alone when it comes to ED, and high numbers equal high demand, which means you have plenty of treatment options.
And if you’re looking for a long-term solution for your ED that works with your body, naturally, consider giving regenerative medicine a try.
At Nexclin Medicine, under the experienced leadership of Dr. Naima Cheema, we provide our patients in Roswell, Georgia, with the latest tools to optimize their health and wellness. As part of our toolkit, we offer platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, which is becoming an increasingly popular treatment approach for a host of problems, from torn cartilage to erectile dysfunction.
If you’re plagued by ED, here’s how our PRP therapy may provide the regenerative solution you’ve been waiting for.
Medical researchers spend an untold amount of time and effort trying to find better ways to heal the human body. While medications and surgical interventions have come a long way, they often rely more on circumventing your body’s natural systems rather than working with them.
Recognizing that the best way to heal is on a natural, cellular level, many researchers have focused their attention on regenerative medicine, such as stem cell and PRP therapies. These approaches isolate and redirect the human body’s amazing resources to where they’re needed most, helping people regenerate from within for sustainable results.
When it comes to erectile dysfunction, many factors may be in play, including mental and physical problems. But a large number of men who struggle with ED have circulatory issues that hamper the flow of blood to their penis.
With PRP therapy, we promote vascularization, innervation, and tissue health in the penis, keeping the resources flowing as they should. To do this, we turn to your platelets.
Your blood contains four ingredients:
While your platelets are best known for their clotting abilities, they also contain powerful growth factors, or proteins, that aid in rebuilding and repairing your body.
Through PRP therapy, we draw a sample of your blood and, using a centrifuge, isolate your platelets. We then mix this concentrate back in with your plasma and inject these valuable resources directly into your penis. (Rest assured, we provide you with a topical anesthetic before we inject you with the PRP.)
When the platelets arrive on the scene, they release their growth factors and signal for other resources in the body to come in and help with shoring up the health of your tissue, increasing vascularization and improving your nerve health.
With these three areas improved, our male patients report fewer problems with getting and maintaining an erection, as well as increased sensitivity. We recommend that you undergo two to three treatments, which we space apart by six weeks to allow time for your body to regenerate.
If you’d like to learn more about how regenerative medicine can help with erectile dysfunction and boost your sexual health, please give us a call. Or you can use the online scheduling tool to set up an appointment with Dr. Cheema.
