How to control erection after surgery

Some people cannot have an erection at this time because they have just undergone genital surgery. Erection can easily cause the wound to tear and may even affect the recovery process. If you want to avoid erection after surgery, you must understand the factors that cause erection. As long as you avoid these factors, you can successfully get through the recovery period of the surgery.

As a normal physiological reaction, penile erection also depends on the coordination and cooperation of four links: sound neural reflex pathways, normal endocrine function, sufficient arterial blood infusion and effective blocking of venous blood outflow, and normal penile anatomical structure.

Therefore, a complete conditioned reflex pathway (reflex arc) is needed to realize it, that is, it consists of five parts: receptor, afferent nerve, nerve hub, efferent nerve, and effector.

The physiological process of penis erection:

1. The receptors can be external genitalia (bladder and testicles), nipples and other sensitive parts, or they can be excitement such as smell, hearing, vision, thinking, and imagination.

Depending on the different receptors, penile erection is divided into reflex erection (the former) and psychological erection (the latter).

2. Through the afferent nerves to the nerve center, the locations of the nerve centers of the two types are also different. The reflex erection is in the low-level erection center of the sacral cord in the spinal cord, while the psychological erection is in the thoracic and lumbar erection center of the spinal cord.

3. The production of gonadotropin-releasing hormone acts on the hypothalamus, which then releases gonadotropin, which acts on effectors such as the adrenal glands, prostate, testicles and other organs, and then produces a series of physiological reactions. Therefore, the brain, adrenal glands, testicles and other organs mentioned by the OP are all involved in the erection process, which is the result of a series of hormonal effects produced by the conditioned reflex process.

4. The released sex hormone acts on the corpus cavernosum, causing the arteries in the area to dilate, and a large amount of blood flows into the corpus cavernosum of the penis; when the venous vessels contract and the blood flowing out of the corpus cavernosum decreases, the blood is fully retained in the rich blood vessels in the corpus cavernosum, causing the penis to become straight and hard due to congestion, and become erect.

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