Why does staying up late often affect male sexual function?

Staying up late often is very harmful to the body. For men, staying up late often can easily cause endocrine disorders, which can cause some disorders in the reproductive system and lead to disorders in male hormone metabolism. This often affects men's sexual function, leading to decreased libido, impotence, premature ejaculation and other sexual dysfunctions. Some problems are even irreversible, so it is best not to stay up late.

1. Androgen metabolism disorder

Many important synthesis reactions in the human body must be completed during sleep, and male hormone is one of them. Staying up late for a long time consumes a lot of male hormones to maintain energy. On the other hand, insufficient or irregular sleep affects the synthesis and metabolism of male hormones. Continuous disorder will eventually cause problems such as decreased male libido and erectile dysfunction. A study in the United States shows that if an adult male sleeps less than 5 hours for 7 consecutive days, his male hormone level will be significantly reduced and his sexual desire will also be greatly reduced.

2. Decreased sexual function

Many men do not know that during their light sleep at night, the penis will have involuntary erections, about 4 times on average. Just like a car needs constant care and maintenance during use, it is based on the erection at night that the penis gets adequate rest and nutrition, and the hormones in the body are also regularly regulated. Once this physiological law is broken by staying up late, it will directly affect the recovery of the penis, and the number of nocturnal and early morning erections will decrease, which can lead to erectile dysfunction in the long run. A study by American scholars found that low sleep quality in men will affect erectile function. If the sleep time is less than 6 hours a night, it can increase the probability of erectile dysfunction in middle-aged and elderly men.

3. Direct damage to reproductive organs

Staying up late mostly involves sitting for long periods of time, but men are just "sitting on their genitals", which over time can induce prostatitis and may also cause local testicular temperature to rise, internal blood circulation to slow down, and sperm cells to be roasted like in the desert. Without water and food, it will undoubtedly affect men's spermatogenesis.