Most women will experience episodes of female sexual dysfunction during the course of their sexual lives. Many women have difficulty achieving orgasm, becoming sufficiently aroused, and enjoying sex. For some women this will become a reoccurring problem. When this happens it not only puts strain on a woman’s relationships, she may also have strong feelings of inadequacy and depression. One of the worst things about female sexual dysfunction is that it builds on itself. A woman may have trouble becoming sexually aroused because she is stressed, and then the difficulties of sexual dysfunction cause further depression. Many women are looking for a way out of this cycle.

Women are often embarrassed to talk about these issues, and are hesitant to seek help. However, there are many options and resources available to women who would like to improve their sex drive and sexual functioning. There are several ways in which women can find help to deal with sexual dysfunction. A woman can try sexual counseling to try and get to the root of why she is experiencing sexual difficulty. Sex therapists can offer a supportive environment, in which to openly communicate sexual problems. These sessions can be one-on-one or can involve couples who wish to improve their relationship as a whole.

Woman can also try hormonal treatments, such as Intrinsa Patches. Female sexual dysfunction is often the result of a hormonal imbalance due to a lack of testosterone in women. Although females do produce a small amount of testosterone naturally, sometimes this is not enough. This can lead to a lack of sexual desire and an absence of sexual thoughts. Intrinsa patches provide women with a slow release of testosterone and each patch usually lasts for a few days. Women have reported that these patches have helped them and increased their sex drives.

It is important for women to know that female sexual dysfunction is normal, and treatable. Women who are suffering from a low sex drive and who are having difficulties reaching orgasm are not on their own. There are many qualified psychologists who are trained to deal especially with this issue and who are dedicated to supporting women with their problems. There are also hormonal solutions such as Intrinsa patches which can help women to feel more sexually aroused and which will help with female sexual dysfunction.

Time has passed and mankind entered a new age. Nowadays many people wash every day and don’t seem to suffer any of the side effects predicted by the doctors of less scientifically advanced times. Still, we can’t really say that everybody on earth is fully aware and practicing the strictest personal hygiene. Of course, social pressure takes care of most problems, since men and women would feel too embarrassed if they were found wanting on personal hygiene.

However, while many people pay little attention to it, intimate hygiene is just as important as overall hygiene. The sex organs are more sensitive than other parts of the body and frequently engaged in intimate contact, which is why they should be as clean as possible, if not cleaner. Think about it. The last thing you want when you take a lady to bed is to discover that she’s not a hygiene fan. It’s a major turnoff and it works the same way for both partners.

To clean the penis start at the tip. Pull the foreskin back as far as it would go in order to expose the entire glans. Wash both the glans and the inside of the foreskin thoroughly, but gently. This is not supposed to cause pain, so be gentle with one of the most sensitive parts of your body. At the same time make sure that the glans is perfectly clean. The space between the glans and the foreskin is where the white substance known as smegma is formed.

Smegma is a mixture of dead epithelial cells shed by tissues, skin oils, moisture and bacteria. Since bacteria tend to thrive in any small place that has plenty of moisture, be sure to wash away all smegma from under the foreskin. Letting bacteria and dead tissue cells accumulate is a sure way of getting every woman’s nightmare: a smelly penis.

This could easily destroy a relationship, since no woman would accept to live with a man who doesn’t know or care to keep himself clean. Going down on a man whose penis smells is simply out of the question. Intimate hygiene is also important for penis enlargement. Using an enlargement device such as a traction device or a pump on an unclean penis will simply spread bacteria all over the penis.

Accumulated dirt, sweat and bacteria will certainly cause infections at one point or another in the future. Men who engage in penis enlargement exercises are also exposed to infections if they fail to maintain a high standard of intimate hygiene. That why warming up and down using hot water in the shower is recommended as a good way of preparing for a penis enlargement session and as a chance to clean the penis.

Circumcised men have to be even more careful about their intimate hygiene because they lack the foreskin that protects the sensitive glans from sweat, dust and all manner of substances that should not come into contact with the penis. Some men choose circumcision precisely because they think that losing the foreskin helps keep the penis clean.

However, there is an ongoing debate among experts about the hazards and benefits of circumcision. Many doctors say that removing the protective foreskin is less hygienic and exposes the glans to various bacteria that cause infections of the urinary tract. At the same time, other doctors maintain that the foreskin traps smegma and dirt and so, uncircumcised men are not spared the danger of infections.

Regardless of how you feel about circumcision, one thing is perfectly clear: hygiene, and especially intimate hygiene, is of the utmost importance to you. It keeps infections away from this sensitive area and makes sure that your sexual relationships will not suffer.

We could tell you that this is absolutely not true – but you wouldn’t believe us…

We could try to tell you not to worry about your penis size – that it is so far down on a woman’s list of what is important that it is effectively a complete non-issue…but we won’t because we know you wouldn’t listen…

The fact is, men are always going to be concerned about the size of their penis…

…so, all we are hoping to accomplish here is to give you some input and some insight that will hopefully help you overcome your paranoia you have over the size of your penis and help you get on with having a great sex life…

See For Yourself

If you were to watch adult female masturbation videos, such as

• Real Sex Magazine: All Masturbations
• Real Female Masturbation
• 100% Masturbation
• Female Masturbation Sensations

You would see girls masturbating solo and the guy doing the movie providing them with vibrators and dildos of all different sizes. Guess what else you would see? You would see these girls reaching right past the big toys and picking up a small one. Guess what else you would see? You would see that these girls stimulating their clitorises and inserting the toys 1 – 2 inches deep.

So let me ask you…if big and deep were important, why do they pick up the little toys and barely stick them in? In these movies, these girls achieve orgasm after orgasm on little toys that are barely inserted into their vagina.

The point is that big and deep isn’t important to a woman. You can give your woman orgasm after orgasm – no matter what the size of your penis is.

It’s A Matter Of (Her) Anatomy

You see, there is a particularly good reason why these women barely insert the dildos and vibrators into their vaginas.

Sexologists who have spent years researching the female G-Spot have scientifically determined that the G-Spot is located right at the top-front of the vagina in 70% of all women. By top-front, this means that a woman who has learned to control her G-Spot can actually push it outwards to where it is visible when you pull her pussy lips apart. In different words, if a man were to stick his index finger right up to the first joint (about 1 inch) and touch the top of 70% of all women’s vaginas, he would be touching their G-Spot.

For the remainder of women, these sexologists say the G-Spot is positioned as follows:

• 10% – on the top, 2 – 3 inches inside the vagina
• 10% – on the top, 3 – 4 inches inside the vagina
• 10% – on the top, spread from the front to about 5 inches inside the vagina

This tells us that if all you had was a 3 inch penis, you could easily satisfy 80% of the women in the world.

Sexual dysfunction is the difficulty faced by an individual or the couple that prevents them from enjoying a sexual activity. Since people hesitate to discuss about their sexual problems with one another, many of them start believing that they are not normal and their sexual problem is unique or shameful. This is however just a myth. Due to the changes in the emotional and psychological behavior of man, sexual dysfunction has become quite common these days.

Sexual dysfunction can occur at any stage of a person’s life. It can begin early or can even develop after a person had previously experienced and enjoyed having sex. The causes originating sexual dysfunction can be physical as well as psychological. Emotional factors include certain personal problems such as marital/relationship problems, communication gap between the partners or lack of trust. Psychological problems like depression, sexual fears or guilt etc also cause sexual dysfunction. Those addicted to alcohol or drugs can also face a similar problem. It is also witnessed by people who suffer from diabetes and degenerative neurological disorders.

Sexual dysfunction disorders are usually classified into four categories as sexual desire disorder, sexual arousal disorder, sexual pain disorder and orgasm disorders.

• A decrease in the production of estrogen (in women) or testosterone (in men and women) can cause a sexual desire disorder. Other factors such as age, pregnancy, fatigue or psychological conditions are also responsible.
• Sexual arousal disorder in men may be due to partial or complete failure of attaining an erection of penis.
• Decreased blood flow, lack of vaginal lubrication and the nature of relationship between the partners also contribute to the breakdown of sexual arousal.
• Orgasm disorder can occur both in men and women. The SSRI antidepressants are responsible for delaying or eliminating the achievement of orgasm.
• Sexual pain disorders mostly affect women. These are commonly known as dyspareunia and vaginismus. It may be caused due to vaginal dryness in women.

There are various treatment of sexual dysfunction. As sexual arousal disorder is the major problem faced nowadays. Levitra is considered as the best option to treat this malfunction. It can work effectively to cure this illness in men. It blocks an enzyme called phosphodiesterase-5 and then relaxes muscles in the penis thus improving the blood flow. Hence, it helps in having a natural erection.

Anybody can face a sexual dysfunction at any stage of life. Do no regard it as something abnormal. Recognize your illness at the right time and try to seek medical assistance.

You are of course totally correct in assuming that smoking affects your sex life. In fact, several recent studies have looked at exactly this question in regard to male impotence and found that there is a link between smoking and difficulties having an erection. Now tell me how cool is that? That is surely far too grown up, that is as grown up as your aged grandfather!

Smoking has been linked to coronary artery blockage, but now we know that arteries in the penis are damaged by smoking, too. In a study of men with penile artery blockage (average age 35), the smokers were significantly more blocked than non-smokers. And the more they smoked, the more their arteries were blocked. Since erections are mainly caused by blood flowing into the penis through arteries, unclogged arteries are very important in enhancing one’s sex life.

Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor, meaning it tightens blood vessels and restricts blood flow. In the long term, it has even been shown to cause permanent damage to arteries. Since a man’s erection depends on blood flow, researchers assumed smoking would affect erections. Studies have confirmed this time and again. In one study published in 1986 in Addiction Behavior, it was shown that just two cigarettes could cause softer erections in male smokers. Results are corroborated by a definitive study published in June 2001 that looked at all studies done on impotent men over the last two decades. The research showed that 40 percent of men affected by impotence were smokers, as opposed to 28 percent of the general male population. Interesting eh?

So what does all this discussion about impotence mean for women? During sexual arousal, the labia, clitoris, and vagina also swell up with blood, similar to a man’s penis, enhancing sensation and arousal. If nicotine can restrict blood flow and cause erectile dysfunction in men, it can be assumed that blood flow is restricted in women as well, and may have a negative effect on sensation.

In the British Medical Associations report: “Smoking and Reproductive Life”, the report states that Women who smoke take longer to conceive. Among smokers, the chances of conceiving fall by 10 ñ 40 per cent per cycle. The greater the quantity of cigarettes smoked, the longer a woman is likely to take to achieve pregnancy.

Cigarette smoking can also affect male fertility: smoking reduces the quality of semen. Men who smoke have a lower sperm count than non-smokers, and their semen contains a higher proportion of malformed sperm. By-products of nicotine present in semen of smokers have been found to reduce the mobility of sperm.

Of course, quitting smoking would also eliminate stained teeth, unhealthy skin, rapid accumulation of wrinkles on the face, and clothing, hair, and breath that stink of smoke. That might improve one’s sex life. Decreasing your risk of cancer and heart disease ó which also do tend to have negative effects on one’s sex life ó can also be sexy in the long run.

Smokers may have enjoyed a sexy image in the past, but research tells us that they are not “doing it” as often as non-smokers. Studies show that men between 25 and 40 years who smoked one or more packs per day had sex less often than non-smoking men of the same age. Another study suggested that carbon monoxide in the blood caused by smoking inhibits the production of testosterone (a hormone that creates sex drive).

Lastly, smoking affects fertility. Smokers’ sperm come in many sizes and shapes – many of them not normal. Some have two tails or two heads, others have giant or tiny heads, and some have split tails. The more a man smokes, the worse the damage. Nicotine essentially poisons the sperm and its ability to fertilize an egg.

Smoking isn’t good for your lungs or heart as is very well documented, and it certainly isn’t good for your sex life. It is no longer cool. Are you sleeping with an inactive ashtray? Is your libido being smoked away?

The researchers have made some important facts and links between your sexual activities with your health. If your blood vessels are elastic and healthy, your heart and brain will function well and have not difficulty in releasing nitric oxide thus your penis will hard like rock. Once you understand that your erection and health are connected, you shall start to take care of yourself.

Your penis erection is an early warning sign like the canary birds in coal mine that warn the unseen danger. When atherosclerosis develops, it starts to clog up in your tiny vessels found in your penis long before it shows up in coronary arteries of the heart and other blood vessels in your body. This is a serious warning and indicator of cardiovascular problem that may be developing.

To determine your potential of heart and prevent erection problem, Steven Lamm, M.D. with Gerald Secor Couzens, advise these Penis Hardness factor Seft-Test in 3 steps.

Step 1# Nutrition Test – What you eat impacts how well you perform in bed.

What you shall do in this sexual nutrition test are :

1. Cut back on portion size. Eat 10% less each meals or about 500 calories a day ( 3 days in a row ).

2. Reduce fatty foods and top saturated fat like egg yolks, butter, cream, fatty red meats, and coconut oils.

3. Eat nine serving of fruits and vegetables each day to lower your cholesterol level.
4. Drink black or green tea

5. Eat Spicy food

Step 2# Sexual Supplements

Take these supplement :

1. Phycnogenol to enhance blood flow to heart and penis

2. L-arginine to increase nitric oxide production which means better blood flow to your body and specially to your penis

3. Take 3 grams of fish-oil for vascular support and protection.

4. OPCs ( Oligomeric proanthocyanidins ) to enhance the activity of vitamin C and E for improved blood flow

5. Horny goat weed

Step 3# Sexual Fitness

The best way to enhance your erection hardness, whet sexual appetite, boost self-esteem, and increase sexual activity is through regular physical activity. Below are exercises you could do to increase your physical fitness especially muscle involved in your love making activities.

1. Add more 5,000 steps to your daily hoofing

2. Add pushups, ab curls, and squats which strengthen your shoulder, chest, buttock and legs which are needed in your love making

3. Do cobra yoga move to relax your lower back, abdomen, hip and neck

4. Do stretching everyday

5. Do lunge

When you complete this program, you will certainly feel different. You will achieve measurable changes in flexibility, strength, and hardness. Hardness is a lifestyle, not 96 hours’ worth of quick changes. The idea is to feel good about yourself emotionally and physically always. It’s a lifestyle decision.

Adapted from The Hardness Factor: How to Achieve Your Best Health and Sexual Fitness at Any Age, by Steven Lamm, M.D., with Gerald Secor Couzens, (c) 2005 HarperCollins.

Parameters of Male Sexual Health

Men’s sexual health is usually determined by several factors. These factors include the following:

* Physical Health

Men who are physically fit and healthy generally have better sexual health than men who do not look after their diet or practice regular physical activity. Weak cardiovascular constitution, underdeveloped muscles, and poor blood circulation also contribute to poor sexual health. A weak body is also more prone and susceptible to infections which can weaken a man’s resistance to sexually transmitted diseases and infections.

* Psychological Health

Contrary to popular belief, a man’s physical constitution is not the sole determinant of sexual health. Often, some sexual problems are direct effects of a man’s emotional problems. For example, it is commonly observed that physically healthy men who suffer for erectile dysfunction have a serious lack of confidence or are riddled with anxiety performance disorders.

* Social Activities

Men who are in monogamous sexual relationships are at lesser risks for sexual problems compared to men who enter polygamous relationships. Drug addiction also puts a man at a greater risk for infection especially if he uses intravenous drugs.

Risks to Men’s Sexual Health

Male sexual health can be threatened by several diseases and disorders. Some of these risks include:

* Ejaculation Disorders

There are three common forms of ejaculation disorder in men. These are premature ejaculation, retarded ejaculation, and retrograde ejaculation. Premature ejaculation happens when due to an excess of sexual arousal, anxiety, or loss  of control, a man ejaculates before or soon after penetration.  Retarded ejaculation occurs when an ejaculation comes too slow that prevents orgasm.  Retrograde ejaculation happens when the ejaculate is forced back into the bladder instead of  being released at orgasm.

* Erectile Dysfunction

Another term for this disorder is impotence. This happens when a man is unable to have or sustain an erection long enough for sexual intercourse and ejaculation. As such, he is unable to introduce his semen into his partner reproductive system to induce a pregnancy. This is often caused by psychological trauma or an effect of certain medications.

* Inhibited Sexual Desire

This can be loosely translated to a loss or decrease in a man’s libido levels. Often associated with low testosterone levels, inhibited sexual desire may also be triggered by medications, psychological problems, and some illnesses like diabetes and high blood pressure.

* Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Infections

Men usually get infected with STIs and STDs following unhealthy and unprotected sexual relationships with an infected partner. Usual signs of STDs and STIs include: difficulty in urinating, bloody urine, foul penile discharge, sores, lesions, and excessive itching in the genitalia.

Immediate medical assistance must be sought when it comes to problems concerning male sexual health. Diagnosis is usually done through physical and psychological exams, as well as a thorough evaluation of medical history. Treatment usually comes in two phases: medical treatment for physical symptoms and psychological therapy for mental and social factors.

Despite recent scientific advances which have made penis enlargement far easier than before, men are still reluctant to discuss penis size. Unless they can back their bragging up with a truly massive member. In that case, bragging becomes habitual and very annoying. We’re living in the age of big things. Big planes, big buildings, big trucks. Big penises.

Everybody can join the trend and pick one of the many methods to enlarge his penis. This is a pretty normal thing to do for a man with a small penis. What I really don’t understand is when men sporting six or even seven-inch penises are interested in penis enlargement. Nothing and no one has the right to prevent a man from enlarging his penis, but if he’s already big enough why on earth would he want to be even bigger.

In theory, the only limit on penis size is the body’s capacity to keep lengthening the tissues in question. In practice, however, men should take a minute to think that many, if not most, women cannot easily accommodate a penis longer than 8 inches. Even 8 inches is a bit big for a lot of women, but a penis this size can still be used with ease.

Above 8 inches in length, the penis turns into some sort of fashion or power statement. There’s no practical use for anything above 8 inches, unless the owner chances himself upon a really tall lady who happens to have a longer than usual vagina. While the vagina can stretch to accommodate most penis sizes, an 8-inch penis can be a genuine threat to the uterus.

The repeated bashing of the cervix by the penis head is not on any woman’s “Things I’d like to experience” list. Moreover, vaginal orgasm is not achieved by deep penetration of the vagina. The most sensitive part of the vagina is a 4-inch stretch of tissue located at the vagina’s entrance. So, as you can see, it’s a good idea to know when enough is enough.

Trying to go the extra mile and get that 10-inch penis is a feat of willpower, but there’s no practical purpose to it. There’s little pleasure in being hurt by the penetrating penis, so many women will refuse to have sex with a man who’s too well endowed, while others will insist on being very careful. Frankly, the last thing on my mind when I’m all undressed and ready to go is to be careful.

Myth 1 # Premature ejaculation must be related to some underlying disease

Premature ejaculation is not an illness, nor is it a disease nor does it indicate the presence of any underlying disease, but it definitely exists in the form of clinical diagnosis. Mostly it is psychological issues which cause premature ejaculation and not physical ones.

Myth 2 # I can last longer if I stop fantasizing about sexy stuff

Although many people will advice this technique of distraction, in reality it works only for some people and for others it simply doesn’t work. In short, you cannot treat this method as a solution.  Rather it will decrease your sensation of feeling the sexual pleasure.  If you want to control your premature ejaculation, you have to concentrate on your body and learn to control your urge, instead of just diverting yourself. With a little bit of practice, you will be able to do it and enjoy full physical satisfaction.

Myth 3 # some are born with it, some aren’t

The ability to control premature ejaculation isn’t an innate quality; those who are able to do it have previous masturbatory experiences or may have practiced self control with the help of previous bed partners.  You have to understand that ejaculation is just like urination and you should practice controlling premature ejaculation just the way you control your urge to urinate.

Myth 4 # you will be called a premature ejaculator when you cum in a few minutes

This is not wholly true. In many medical definitions there is a specific time limit and if you ejaculate within that you will be termed a premature ejaculator but to diagnose this problem, there are many other symptoms to be taken into account. Many definitions of premature ejaculation do not include time limits.

Myth 5 # this sexual dysfunction has no solution

On the contrary, with a little bit of practice, majority of the men learn to control their premature ejaculation on their own and there is just no need of any kind of medical intervention or drugs. You can read up the internet or take advice from other men to learn these techniques.

Myth 6 # I can treat premature ejaculation with pills

You should take recourse to behavioral methods to control this sexual dysfunction. You cannot treat premature ejaculation with pills as there are no FDA approved pills as such. But on the internet you will find several drugs to treat premature ejaculation, but you don’t need to waste money on them.

What we know for a fact is that overweight and obese people tend to cut down on effort whenever they can. This has a big influence on sex since regular effort is crucial to the secretion of testosterone by the body. Testosterone does not regulate the quality of sperm, but it does influence the sex drive and the growth of spermatogenic tissue in the testes. It is this tissue that performs the very production of sperm.

A decrease in the normal level of testosterone, which is bound to happen to every “couch potato” person who tends to avoid effort, leads to a drop in the libido. The individual is no longer as interested in sex as before, nor does he get as much pleasure from it as he used to. Combined with the frequent exposure to substances that mimic the effects of the estrogen hormone, the low level of testosterone may lead to shrinking penis and testicles.

Moreover, people who are overweight or obese may have unbalanced diets that tend to leave out foods rich in zinc. Zinc is one of the most important minerals that enter the human body through food. It is found in oysters, beans, nuts and seeds. A deficiency of zinc, resulting from the inadequate intake or absorption of zinc, is marked by hair loss, skin lesions and wasting of body tissues. Zinc is very important for the production of sperm and for maintaining the quality and motility of sperm. Without enough zinc, the quality of sperm will suffer.