Can male erectile dysfunction cause infertility?

Can male erectile dysfunction cause infertility?

Erectile dysfunction usually refers to the inability of a man\’s penis to erect under sexual urges and sexual intercourse requirements, or the penis can only erect but cannot maintain sufficient hardness, so that the penis cannot be inserted into the vagina during intercourse or becomes soft immediately after being inserted into the vagina. Erectile dysfunction means that the penis cannot enter the vagina for sexual intercourse; if it can enter the vagina for sexual intercourse, it is not called erectile dysfunction. The International Society of Erectile Dysfunction defines it as: the inability of the penis to erect effectively during sexual intercourse, resulting in unsatisfactory sexual intercourse. Erectile dysfunction is the most common male sexual dysfunction, with an incidence rate of 10%.

(1) Psychogenic erectile dysfunction:

①Inner spirit sexual factors. Jealousy of intimacy, hatred of women, sexual guilt, lack of masculinity.

②Interpersonal factors. Such as inappropriate dependence, failure in competition, long-term anger and resentment, spouse with chronic illness, life crisis, etc.

③Experiential-behavioral factors: such as lack of sexual knowledge, wrong sexual experience, urgency for sexual behavior, outside observers, etc.

(2) Vascular erectile dysfunction: Penile erection must have three aspects of vascular changes to complete. That is, under the action of nerve reflexes, arteries actively expand and cavernous body blood flow increases; cavernous sinuses relax, expand, and become congested; cavernous veins are passively compressed and actively contract, resulting in increased resistance; in addition, a normal albuginea is required. Deficiencies in any one of these aspects can cause erectile dysfunction, that is, vascular erectile dysfunction.

(3) Neurogenic erectile dysfunction: Lesions of the central and peripheral nerves can cause neurological reflex disorders in penile erection, including intracranial disease, spinal cord injury and spinal cord disease, peripheral Nervous dysfunction.

(4) Endocrine erectile dysfunction: Primary hypogonadism; secondary hypogonadism; hyperprolactinemia; hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, etc. Changes affecting sex hormones.

(5) Drugs and other organic diseases: It is not uncommon for drugs to cause erectile dysfunction; diseases of the reproductive organs themselves, such as hypospadias and epispadias, can also cause erectile dysfunction. Causes erectile dysfunction.


This article was submitted by Baidu ReadingExcerpted from \”The Clear \”Conception\” Plan\” Author: Sun Jianqiu and Xie Yingbiao

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