How long your erectile dysfunction lasts depends upon its cause and how quickly the treatment is initiated. Fortunately, ED is treatable in all age groups. Nowadays there are lots of effective treatment methods to fight impotence in men; still in addition to any treatment you may help yourself by improving your general health. This may be done with simple changes in lifestyle. Besides, these simple improvements may help to lessen your chances of developing erectile dysfunction. The basic lifestyle choices that keep blood vessels healthy, maintain general health and prevent type 2 diabetes include:

• a healthy diet;
• regular physical activity of any kind – exercises, walking, running, dancing, etc.;
• quitting smoking;
• getting blood pressure under control;
• keeping blood sugar and cholesterol levels under control.

Lots of recent studies devoted to ED have shown that men who maintained general health and made lifestyle improvements were more sexually active and demonstrated enhancements in erectile function.