Why don't I have morning erections anymore?

The erection of male reproductive organs is caused by the swelling of blood vessels above. In addition to the erection caused by sexual excitement, men also have erections when they just wake up from sleep. This is the so-called morning erection. This is a normal physiological phenomenon. In the morning, the male hormone level of men reaches its peak. But some men will find that they no longer have erections in the morning. This has a lot to do with physical fitness and the frequency of ejaculation.

Morning erection refers to the unconscious erection of the male penis between 4 and 7 in the morning, which is not controlled by the situation, action or thought. Morning erection is an important manifestation or indicator of normal sexual function and strength. The reason for morning erection is still undetermined in the medical community. The penis of a normal man is usually in a relaxed state except for erection under sexual stimulation and certain external stimulation. However, sometimes the reflex action of internal organs can also cause penile erection. The most obvious is that penile erection often occurs before waking up in the morning, which is medically called morning erection.

However, morning erections are not a "measurement" of sexual function.

The reporter learned at an academic seminar on men's health that the exact mechanism of morning penile erection has not yet been studied clearly. In any case, morning penile erection is a normal physiological reaction of men, and with the daily differences of men's bodies, the changes caused by morning erection are not consistent. You must not judge the quality of men's sexual function based on this point alone.

Some male patients, once the morning erection stops, suspect that they have erectile dysfunction (ED) and become worried. But the problem is that the more these men worry about ED, the less morning erections they will have. This is a terrible vicious cycle, because psychological anxiety will lead to physical imperfections; and physical problems will induce further psychological anxiety, and the situation will get worse and worse.

Men have more morning erections when they are 20 to 30 years old, but they gradually decrease after middle age. A German doctor studied this physiological phenomenon and found that men's morning penile erections disappear when they are sick, but they reappear when they recover. He therefore proposed that the morning penile erection phenomenon can be used as one of the reference indicators for observing men's energy and health status.

In addition, ED is divided into psychological and organic types. Patients with organic ED will not have morning erections, while patients with psychological ED are closely related to mental factors, such as fear, depression, anxiety, mental trauma, guilt, and marital discord, but there is no organic damage to the reproductive organs, so they may still have morning erections.

Dietary advice for maintaining morning erections: Eat some yam and buckwheat noodles for dinner. Yam can strengthen the spleen and stomach and cure kidney deficiency, and is a sperm-enhancing food.

Measuring morning erections

Experts say: In fact, the China Population Education and Publicity Center is planning to promote an ED morning erection self-test strip. Before going to sleep, men only need to put the self-test strip on their sexual organs like a ring. If morning erections occur, the self-test strip will partially break. If the self-test strip is found to be not broken in the morning, it is necessary to consider whether ED has occurred, closely observe, and go to the hospital for further testing in time. However, experts also emphasize that morning erections are only one of the reference indicators for detecting whether you have ED, and cannot be used as the only standard. If you find discomfort during sexual life, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time.