The nursing instructor is talking with the junior nursing class about male reproductive issues. The instructor tells the students that organic causes of erectile dysfunction include what? (Mark all that apply.)

Question

A) Cirrhosis
B) Multiple sclerosis
C) Tadalafil
D) Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors
E) Parkinsonism

Answer 1

Ans: A, B, E
Feedback: Organic causes include cardiovascular disease, endocrine disease (diabetes, pituitary tumors, testosterone deficiency, hyperthyroidism, and hypothyroidism), cirrhosis, chronic renal failure, genitourinary conditions (radical pelvic surgery), hematologic conditions (Hodgkin disease, leukemia), neurologic disorders (neuropathies, parkinsonism, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis), trauma to the pelvic or genital area, alcohol, smoking, medications, and drug abuse. Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors, which include tadalafil, are used to treat erectile dysfunction, they don't cause it.