Acupuncture for Erectile Dysfunction

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patients with drug-induced or organic ED.
• •The existence of lesions that may affect erectile function, such as penile cancer, penile sclerosis, penile anatomical deformity, testicular cancer, urinary system stones or neuropathy, etc.
• •History of trauma or surgery in pelvic region.
• •Patients with hypogonadism.
• •Usage of drugs or therapies that relieve CP/CPPS or ED symptoms in the previous 1 month.
• •Have received hormonal or psychiatric drugs in the previous 3 months.
• •Bladder outlet obstruction, overactive bladder, neurogenic bladder, interstitial cystitis, glandular cystitis, sexually transmitted diseases, bladder tumors, prostate cancer, penile cancer, penile stone, other types of prostatitis.
• •With a residual urine ≥100ml.
• •Symptomatic urinary tract infection.
• •Diseases affecting the function of the lower urethra, such as multiple sclerosis, senile dementia, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injury, caua equina nerve injury, stroke and multisystem atrophy, etc.
• •Severe diseases in heart, lung, brain, liver, kidney and hematopoietic system , mental illness and obvious cognitive function disorders.
• •Patients with poor compliance