•She gets along with your friends and family - if your girlfriend not only gets on with your friends and family but is also enjoying herself in the process, you are hitting some high marks for compatibility here. If she enjoys your social circle then she is going to be integrated in much more smoothly and bring a great deal more fun and enjoyment for everyone involved, including you. 1. Drugs for high blood pressure. Also known as hypertension, high blood pressure makes a person's heart continue to work hard than normal to pump blood to the various areas of the body. The regular blood pressure is less than 120/80 and people who have 140-160/100 and beyond are considered to have hypertension. Reduced Secretion of Nitric Oxide - Most men are not very aware of this but nitric oxide is highly critical for getting hard and firm erections. This is because it helps smoothen the muscles that supply blood to the penis so that it can relax and Recommended page blood vessels can open resulting in an increased inflow of blood into the penis. Nitric oxide secretion declines with age and ED becomes almost inevitable. Interestingly the people who do not use condoms in most of their sexual exploits find it difficult to maintain an erection when they do use a condom. This is the side effect of condom that I was referring to earlier on in the article. Difficulty in maintaining an erection is a probable side effect of condom use. But this side effect is more seen in the people who are not regular users of condoms as compared to the ones who are regular. This might be because of the fact that the first types of people have grown so used to having sex without condoms that they can't get the kicks with a condom on. Though this difficulty of maintaining an erection is referred to as a condom side effect, yet it might have more to do with the psyche of the person than the condom. In spite of everything, I for one would always advice condom use, until and unless you are planning a family with your spouse. Infants of smoking mothers are displaying an interesting trend. The babies in this category tend to have a higher heart rate than babies whose mothers did not smoke. Women who smoke have babies with a heart rate that is approximately 30% higher. This applies to women who smoked during pregnancy. Why this condition exists is difficult to pinpoint. Part of the reason may be that the smoking prevented the baby from receiving the normal amount of oxygen. It is not always possible to cure the condition causing erectile problems. Still the problems can be overcome by medication that stimulates the vessels leading.