Is ED Hereditary?
Hereditary means the transfer of certain characters from the parent to the offspring. These characters are transformed in the form of genes. For example you must have observed that some one has the physical characters like color of eyes, growth of hairs, structure of the shoulders, height, way the individual speaks, etc are found to be similar to their mother or father. As the good characters are passed from one generation to other same way it is observed genes for the bad characters are also passed from one generation to the other. For example if the parent is found to be suffering from the diabetes then his child is found to be more prone to the diabetes.
Hence, to study whether erectile dysfunction is hereditary or not a study was conducted. Married men and their son’s who are also married were put for the questionnaire. Questions regarding their medical history and sex life were asked to them. Questions regarding the erectile dysfunction were given more preferences. The study revealed that in the 20% of men having diabetes and suffering from erectile dysfunction had their son’s who were found to be having diabetes and suffering from erectile dysfunction. In all 45% of the cases were observed where both father and his son were found to be suffering from the erectile dysfunction.
The study was not able to clear the fact that erectile dysfunction has come to son from his father because some other factors were also found to be involved as the reasons of erectile dysfunction. Many scientists are trying to solve this question but nobody till date is able to give the satisfactory and reasonable answer. Some scientists are also claiming that erectile dysfunction can’t be hereditary as no gene is responsible for getting proper erections. Some scientist has said that no studies at the gene level are conducted for erectile dysfunction.
Finally, we need to wait for the firm reason which will give as the satisfactory answer to the question “Is erectile dysfunction hereditary?”