Humans, unlike animals indulge in sexual activity not only for procreation but also to satisfy their basic sexual urges. Humans have sex as and when they please whereas animals copulate only during the mating season. In order to have sex as they please, the man should be capable of having a healthy penis erection.
The penile erection is dependent on a multitude of factors and stimuli. It is a combination of the mind and the hormones that have an influence over the erectile state and with the proper stimuli, the nerve structures and the blood supply causes an erection of the penis.
How Penile Erections take place?
The penis has within it two tube-like portions that are called corpora cavernosa and another tube like structure below it called the corpus spongiosum. These three structures run parallel to one another all along the length of the penis.
When sexual stimulation occurs the nervous system causes the discharge of a vasodilator (enlarging of the blood vessels) in the arteries of the penis causing it to dilate and increase the supply of blood to the penis. This increased blood supply gets into the corpus cavernosum and the corpus spongiosum and causes the engorgement of these structures leading to an erection. The reversing of the actions of the nervous system causes the loss of the erection that happens at a rate that is dependent on the size of the penis.
Tips to a healthy penile erection
Like you need to good health to have a good life, it is also a key to having a healthy erection. If you remain healthy, not only does your libido remain strong your capacity to have sex for a long duration is also possible. In order to remain healthy, you need to have good exercise and follow a proper diet that is lesser in fats and more in fiber content.
A serious letdown to having good erections is habits like smoking, consumption of alcohol and drugs. Smoking causes generalized vasoconstriction that reduces the blood flow into the extremities and to the penis also. There are even people who have become impotent with smoking. So, if you are a smoker quit today and you can enjoy better erections for a long time to come. The same thing holds good for alcohol consumption too.
You can even take some natural herbal supplements that are known sexual stimulants and as they are obtained naturally, they do not have any side effects whatsoever. But, it is important to take the suggestion of your doctor before you take any supplements as not all what is available is good for you. It is also better to discuss with your doctor about any other medication that you are taking while seeking suggestions for these supplements.
The shape or the size of your penis does not matter for you to have good sex. It is also not a problem for you if your penis curves in any direction unless the curvature is very severe as it can occur in conditions called Peyronie's disease.
There may be times when you may fail to have a good erection in spite of all your efforts. Remember, the erection happens naturally with stimuli and if you try to gain an erection no matter how hard you try you may fail. The harder you try, the more difficult it is to get erect. So, let loose and allow nature to take its course.
Also, it is important to remember that failures to get erect do occur in everyone's life and you should not get overworked up on this. The more you do this it creates a kind of psychological inhibition and this mental block causes you to have failures at later points of time to such an extent that it may lead you to become impotent. So, don't fret and worry. You will have your healthy erection back.