Visiting a doctor to determine the factors causing your erectile problems involves undergoing several procedures and tests.

Your doctor may also recommend you to make special tests to estimate your general health.

The following tests are usually used to evaluate the causes and severity of male potency problems. They may include:

Blood tests are commonly made to evaluate sugar level in blood, cholesterol, hormone levels.

Nocturnal penile tumescence and rigidity procedure involves evaluating the number and quality of erections which a man has during night time. This test can help determine if a man’s erectile problems are due to physical or psychological causes. If a person has 2-3 nocturnal erections lasting 30 minutes each, the cause of ED is usually of psychological character.

Vascular testing evaluates the blood inflow to the penis. Extra blood is necessary to get an erection hard enough for sexual intercourse, if there is as blockage in a blood vessel supplying blood to the penis may affect man’s ability to get an erection.

Sensory assessment is used to determine diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage) in persons suffering from diabetes.  It helps to estimate the strength of nerve impulses from the brain to the penis.