Post Date December, 02 2023
With the development of medical research, more and more attention has been paid to the physiological factors of impotence. It can even be said that impotence is a "lifestyle disease" for most people. A large number of clinical cases and studies have pointed out that impotence is closely related to bad living habits. Next, let's review the four habits that will increase the risk of impotence.
The risk of impotence increases 3 times if you don't brush your teeth
Some studies have found that 53% of the participants with erectile dysfunction have gingival inflammation at the same time, and most of them do not have the habit of scientific brushing. In contrast, this proportion was only 15% in the control group. After analyzing other factors such as age, body mass index, family income and education level, the researchers found that the risk of erectile dysfunction in men with periodontal disease was 3.29 times higher than that in men with healthy gums.
About 150 million men worldwide have erectile problems. Bad oral habits will increase the incidence rate of chronic periodontitis, thereby affecting vascular health and increasing the risk of impotence. Therefore, experts call on men to pay attention to oral health to ensure erectile function.
The risk of impotence is more than twice as high as that of sexual life less than once a week
A study on the impotence of elderly men in China shows that among men aged 60 to 69, the incidence rate of impotence is 20% to 40%, and among men aged over 70, the prevalence is as high as 50% to 100%, while the consultation rate of elderly men is less than 10%. "
Men who lack sexual life have faster penile erectile function decline, and men who have sex less than once a week have more than twice the risk of impotence. The moderate frequency of sexual life can delay the decline of erectile function, and help reduce cardiovascular adverse events in sexual activities, which is beneficial to male health. Compared with men who lack sexual life, men who maintain sexual life live longer.
20 cigarettes a day increases the risk of impotence by 50%
The medical profession pointed out that about 400000 men in Hong Kong suffer from erectile dysfunction (impotence), of whom 2/3 are smokers. The risk of impotence will increase by 50% for those who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day, even the 18-year-old smokers are not immune. At the same time, a recent study conducted by the University of Hong Kong also showed that the longer the patients smoked, the more they smoked, the greater the chance of suffering from severe impotence. On the contrary, quitting smoking can improve impotence.
From January 2004 to April this year, 493 impotent patients aged 18-81 participated in the study. They smoked 18 cigarettes a day on average, more than ordinary smokers. The study found that 36.5% of these people belong to severe impotence. Cigarettes contain a variety of chemicals, which can cause vascular sclerosis in the penis sponge body, and the penis hyperemia reaction is poor, thus leading to erectile dysfunction. Quitting smoking can reduce the condition of patients with severe impotence. Even if they can not completely quit smoking, reducing smoking can also significantly improve the impotence condition.
Long-term use of anti-inflammatory drugs doubles the risk of impotence
According to a report, the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can increase the risk of erectile dysfunction in middle-aged and elderly men regardless of the indication. The study included 1126 men aged 50 to 70 years who did not have erectile dysfunction in 1994. They completed a questionnaire at that time, including erectile dysfunction and drug use. A questionnaire survey was conducted again five years later.
The erectile dysfunction rate of NSAID users is 93 cases per 1000 person-years, and only 35 cases for non-users. Arthritis is the most common indication for NSAID, and the corresponding proportion of men with this disease is 97 and 52 cases per 1000 person-years. Regardless of the indication, NSAID use doubled the risk of erectile dysfunction compared with non-NSAID users. The presence of arthritis without NSAIDs only increases the risk of erectile dysfunction by 30%, suggesting that the relationship between arthritis and erectile dysfunction is mainly caused by the use of NSAIDs.
