Does high blood sugar affect sexual function? What are the specific hazards?

High blood sugar has always been a very common symptom in men. Some male patients worry that high blood sugar will affect their sexual function. So, are the two related?

Does high blood sugar affect sexual function?

High blood sugar affects sexual function. According to a survey, about 50% of male diabetic patients will have varying degrees of sexual dysfunction, which is higher than the proportion of female diabetic patients with sexual dysfunction. High blood sugar itself can cause a variety of complications, and various complications can affect the quality of sexual life. For female diabetic patients, due to poor blood sugar control or high blood lipids, it is often easy to cause macrovascular and microvascular lesions, causing insufficient congestion of the vagina and surrounding tissues during sexual intercourse, thereby affecting sexual function.

Dangers of high blood sugar:

Short-term, one-time high blood sugar does not cause serious damage to the human body. For example, under stress or when you are emotionally excited or highly nervous, you may experience short-term high blood sugar. Eating a large amount of sugar at one time may also cause short-term high blood sugar. Afterwards, blood sugar levels gradually return to normal. However, long-term high blood sugar can cause changes in various tissues and organs throughout the body, leading to the occurrence of acute and chronic complications. Such as dehydration, electrolyte disorders, nutritional deficiencies, decreased resistance, impaired kidney function, neuropathies, fundus lesions, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetic foot, etc. It is imperative to control high blood sugar.