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Inability to attain an erection

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Inability to attain an erection, a type of impotence, is a clinical finding in which a male cannot achieve an erect penis despite wanting to and being stimulated.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Common

Body locations

Pelvis

Is Symptom of

Depression
Condition
Depression (adult)
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Depression (child and adolescent)
Condition
Erectile dysfunction
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Depression (postpartum)
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