What causes nocturnal erections?

Everyone is familiar with the term "nocturnal erection". Specifically, it refers to the phenomenon of male penis erection in the morning, especially for young men who have not had sex for a long time. Penile erection in the morning is a very common phenomenon. In addition to morning erections, some men also have nocturnal erections, which specifically refers to the involuntary erection of the penis when sleeping at night. This phenomenon may be normal or abnormal, and the following reasons should be considered.

What causes nocturnal erections?

1. The erection of the penis during deep sleep at night is an "instinct" phenomenon, not a disease, nor is it strange. When sleeping, the nerves release the control of the peripheral nerves, and the "penis can't help but erect". It is precisely because of this "instinct".

2. Clinically, to judge whether it is true "impotence", you need to wrap a "paper tape" around the penis. If you can "erect" in the middle of the night and the paper tape breaks, it is "false impotence". If the "paper tape is intact" after a night, it is "true impotence". There is something wrong.

Under normal circumstances, as daytime approaches, the Yang energy in the body begins to generate, and when the two Yangs are combined, morning erections will occur.

Suggestions: If this happens at night, it is probably a case of imbalance between yin and yang.

Morning erection refers to the spontaneous erection of the male penis between 4 and 7 in the morning without any awareness, and is not controlled by the situation, action, or thought. It is normal for men to not have morning erections within two or three days of sexual intercourse in young men and within a week after sexual intercourse in middle-aged men.

Normally, the penis will have morning erections and nocturnal erections. Morning erections are when the penis is erect when waking up in the morning, and nocturnal erections are when the penis has several erections during sleep at night. These are all indicators of erectile function.

In this case, considering that the sexual desire is relatively strong and the genitals are relatively sensitive, it is recommended that you should pay more attention to exercise during the day to make yourself more adequate during the day, distract yourself from your sexual desire, and pay attention to personal hygiene.

Reasons for nocturnal penis erections: Human sleep can be divided into two forms: rapid eye movement sleep and slow eye movement sleep. During each night's sleep, every man's penis undergoes a physiological process of erection-flaccidity-erection-flaccidity as the rapid eye movement sleep period and the slow eye movement sleep period alternate. This is medically called nocturnal penis erection, which is a normal physiological process for healthy men. Generally speaking, young men have about 4-6 erections per night, each lasting about 20-30 minutes, and the total erection can reach two and a half hours. With the increase of age, the frequency and duration of penis erections will gradually decrease. This nocturnal penis erection is a spontaneous physiological phenomenon during sleep and is not affected by people's subjective will.