ED Treatment for Diabetics in Dubai
ED treatment for diabetics is simple with Dr Felix's personal care. There is no online form, no tablets without a heart check, and your blood sugar, hormones and erections are treated as one problem.
Your first visit covers your diabetes, your medicines and your heart risk. Dr Felix explains which treatment fits and how your diabetes changes it.
Heart checked first
Erection problems in diabetes are an early warning sign for the heart. Dr Felix checks your heart risk before any treatment.
Testosterone tested
One in three men with type 2 diabetes has low testosterone, which lowers desire and blunts erection tablets.
Diabetes and erections, one doctor
This is a personal practice. Dr Felix Happich, German-trained and licensed by the Dubai Health Authority, treats both himself.
Straight answers before you book
What does ED treatment for diabetics include?
ED (erectile dysfunction) treatment for diabetics with Dr Felix includes 6 checks. The plan treats erections, blood sugar and heart risk together.
- Blood sugar: HbA1c (glycated haemoglobin, the average blood sugar over three months) and your diabetes medicines.
- Heart: blood pressure, cholesterol and your cardiovascular risk.
- Testosterone: a morning blood test, because low levels are common in diabetes.
- Nerves: signs of diabetic nerve damage.
- Medicines: tablets that affect erections, such as water tablets.
- Mood: low mood and stress, talked about openly.
How common is erectile dysfunction with diabetes?
Erectile dysfunction affects more than half of men with diabetes. In a review of 145 studies with 88,577 men, 52.5 percent of men with diabetes had erectile dysfunction, about 3.5 times the odds of men without diabetes (Diabetic Medicine, 2017).
The risk rises with age, years with diabetes, higher blood sugar, nerve damage and eye damage.
Do erection tablets work with diabetes?
Yes, erection tablets work for most men with diabetes. In a trial of 268 men with diabetes, 56 percent reported better erections on sildenafil after 12 weeks, against 10 percent on placebo (JAMA, 1999).
A daily low dose of tadalafil is another option for men who prefer not to plan. Tablets are never combined with nitrates, the heart medicines for chest pain, because blood pressure drops sharply.
What happens when tablets are not enough?
When tablets are not enough, the dose, timing and testosterone are checked first. Correct instruction on timing and an empty stomach turns a quarter to a third of apparent failures into success.
- Dose and timing: adjusted and retried before a tablet counts as failed.
- Testosterone: treated when a deficiency is confirmed.
- Blood sugar: better control protects nerves and blood vessels.
- Urologist: referral for vacuum devices, injections or surgery.
What else helps erections with diabetes?
Weight loss and exercise improve erections in men with diabetes. In men with obesity and erectile dysfunction, weight loss and more activity improved erections in about one in three.
- Weight: losing excess weight helps erections and blood sugar.
- Exercise: aerobic exercise improves erectile function.
- Smoking: stopping protects blood vessels.
- Sleep: sleep apnoea checked when you snore.
Dr Felix Happich, MD decides with you whether treatment fits and when. Nothing is prescribed on request alone.
Why see a doctor for ED treatment with diabetes?
Dr Felix Happich is a German-trained physician licensed by the Dubai Health Authority. He sees every patient himself, checks your heart first and adjusts treatment to your diabetes.
What causes erection problems: erectile dysfunction. How the tablets compare: erectile dysfunction treatment. All options: Sexual Health & Libido Clinic Dubai.
Your first consultation with Dr Felix
Your story
Your erections, your diabetes, your medicines and what matters to you.
Examination
Blood pressure, pulses in the feet, nerve check and a genital examination.
Heart and blood work
Heart risk, HbA1c, cholesterol and morning testosterone.
Your plan
The treatment that fits, diabetes targets and a review date.
More questions about ED treatment for diabetics
What does ED treatment for diabetics cost?
The cost of ED treatment for diabetics depends on the tests you need and which treatment becomes part of your plan. You get the full cost in the consultation before anything starts.
Does better blood sugar fix my erections?
Partly. Good blood sugar control lowers the chance of erectile dysfunction, but it rarely reverses damage that is already there, so treatment continues alongside.
Are erection tablets safe with my heart medicines?
Yes, with most heart medicines. Nitrates are the exception, and some alpha blockers need a lower starting dose, which is why every medicine is checked first.
Are online ED pills the same?
Often not. One-third to one-half of supplements sold as natural sexual enhancers contain hidden prescription drugs, which is dangerous with nitrates.
Erections and diabetes, treated together
One consultation with Dr Felix in Dubai Healthcare City. You leave with a heart check and a treatment that fits your diabetes.
Book your consultationSources
- High prevalence of erectile dysfunction in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 145 studies, Diabetic Medicine 2017, PubMed abstract. 88,577 men
- Sildenafil for treatment of erectile dysfunction in men with diabetes, JAMA 1999, PubMed abstract. 268 men with diabetes