A change in lifestyle is a significant component in the majority of circumstances. Treating physicians often advocate regular exercise, a focus on foods like vegetables and fruits, or Mediterranean-style diets, as well as eliminating smoking and drinking alcohol. All of the aforementioned changes would have a positive effect on a person's blood glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure levels, helping to improve body function, including erectile dysfunction. Aside from that, managing physicians will typically ask about the patient's current medications, since some of them may have an adverse effect that is the core cause of the patient's erection problem.

Gout is one of the most common inflammatory diseases that afflicts a large number of patients. It is a disease caused by abnormalities of high uric acid in the blood known as hyperuricemia. This happens when uric acid accumulates and is not excreted through the kidneys. The accumulated uric acid crystallizes in the form of urate in the tissues around and around the joints, causing inflammation in the affected joints. As a result, sufferers can experience severe pain, swelling, and redness around the affected area, such as the thumb, foot, finger knuckles, knee joints, ankles, wrists, elbows, and shoulder joints.