Cord blood stem cell therapy for erectile dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction is a man's inability to maintain the penis erection, which is mostly known as 'impotence'. An 'impotence' man cannot perform a satisfactory sexual relationship which is very distressful for a man.
Erectile dysfunction is not a disease caused by viruses, but the individual lifestyle surely has something to do with it.

Erectile dysfunction mostly caused by kidney disorder, alcohol intake, atherosclerosis, vascular diseases, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, the effect of some medications, careless lifestyle, spinal cord injuries and any diseases that reduce the nervous system and therefore affect the penis muscle. Also any blockage of blood vessels around the penis muscle will provoke deoxygenating (the oxygen reducing process) on penile tissue and cause erectile dysfunction.

Actually there are some treatments used to cure erectile dysfunction, such as enzyme inhibitors, penile exercises, and chemotherapies. But none of these treatments have significant results. Therefore, scientists are now turning to cord blood stem cells therapy for erectile dysfunction treatment.

How cord blood stem cells work in curing erectile dysfunction

The main cause of erectile dysfunction is the damaged or death penile tissue. As we know that stem cells are able to replace any damaged cells and tissues, then cord blood stem cells therapy for erectile dysfunction may be the best treatment.

First of all, the cord blood stem cells are specialized into penile-vessel cells. Then the specialized stem cells are injected into the penile muscle to replace the blocked blood vessels by creating new blood vessels in the deoxygenated tissue. As the new blood vessels created, there will also be adipose (lipid) deposition in the tissue. Therefore a small surgery is made to dispose the adipose tissue.

When the new unblocked blood vessels operate well, they will deliver sufficient oxygen to the penile muscle and revive the penis erection ability. All organs in human body need oxygen in order to operate well, and they have their sufficient oxygen supply through blood / bloodstream. Blood is the oxygen carrier in human body.

Usually, stem cells therapy requires no surgery. But in the erectile dysfunction case, a small surgery is needed to dispose the adipose tissue, so that the adipose will not block the newly created blood vessels.
Cord blood stem cell therapy for erectile dysfunction has proved to be the best treatment for it actually shows significant result in improving penile muscle. Of course after the surgery, erectile dysfunction patients must be hospitalized to control the development progress.

However, there is one small problem in cord blood stem cell therapy for erectile dysfunction. It is the patients' body immune system. The patient himself may not have his own cord blood, so he uses another person's cord blood. Therefore, there is a possibility that the patient's body immune system will consider the injected stem cells as enemies and attack them. In this case, the doctors should work harder to specialize the stem cells in such a way that will not aware the patient's body immune system.