Shockwave therapy DIY

Originally Posted by dicklimppen

SHOCKWAVE THERAPY AND SEVERE ED

A number of studies I've read say that shockwave therapy works best on patients with mild to moderate ED, but not for severe cases. Others get results for severe ED. So, what is severe ED? According to some definitions it is ED that can't be treated with Viagra and its cousins. According to that definition I have severe ED. Other definitions have to do with the score you get on the IIEF. You can find that test here:


https://www.baus.org.uk/_userfiles/pages/files/Patients/Leaflets/iief.pdf


Questions 1-5 and 15 deal with erectile function. If you score at 8 or below you are considered to have severe ED. I score 6.


Here's an unanswered question. The majority of studies involve about 6 treatments, which seems low to me, but if you consider the fact that doctors are charging about $500 per treatment it makes sense that people aren't going to afford to shell out megabucks to do lots of treatments. The researchers, in the same way, can't afford to do long term studies. It costs too much, takes too much time, and they lose a lot of their patients the longer the study goes one. So, maybe the reason some studies don't find good results is that people with severe ED need more treatments, and that hasn't even been tested yet.


The idea behind shockwave therapy is that it stimulates vein growth. Is in not logical that people with mild ED need to have less vein regeneration, so they benefit from fewer treatments? Cases of severe ED are going to require more regeneration, hence more treatments. The medical studies just don't address this. Given my situation I don't expect results for a few months.