Does obesity cause impotence?

Impotence refers to a common sexual dysfunction disease, which means that the male penis cannot fully erect or is not erect, resulting in a disorder disease that cannot carry out normal sexual life. Therefore, many men are affected by impotence and the normal sexual life between husband and wife. There are many reasons for impotence. Some people think that obesity can cause impotence, while others say it will not. So, does obesity really cause impotence? Let's answer this question below.

Generally, obesity will not have a significant impact on sexual function, but if you are too obese, you may suffer from impotence. The main reasons are:

1. Obesity is prone to diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Obese people generally have lipid metabolism disorders and high cholesterol and high triglyceride levels. These diseases themselves will cause metabolic disorders in the body. A normal man has a small amount of estrogen in his body. Most of these estrogen are converted from male hormones, and a very small part is directly secreted by the seminal vesicles.

Second, the increase of body fat in obese people causes more male hormones to be converted into estrogen. There is a small amount of estrogen in normal men's bodies. Most of these female hormones are converted from male hormones, and a small part is directly secreted by the seminal vesicles. Although the estrogen in the blood is very small, it has an important regulatory effect on the secretion of gonadotropin by the pituitary gland and the secretion of testosterone by the testicles. The increase of body fat in obese people causes more male hormones to be converted into estrogen, and the concentration in the blood can increase by about 1 times, and male hormones will be relatively or absolutely reduced, which is manifested as: decreased sexual desire and weakened or lost erectile sexual function, and ejaculation function will also appear.

3. Mental stress caused by being overweight. Obesity can cause sexual difficulties, which can also cause problems with image and self-confidence. Therefore, mental factors are also a reason why obesity causes impotence. Generally, obesity will not have a significant impact on sexual function, but if you are overweight, it will cause sexual difficulties, which can also cause problems with image and self-confidence. Therefore, mental factors are also a reason why obesity causes impotence.

In general, there are some explanations on the question of whether obesity can cause impotence. Obesity can cause impotence, but not all obese men will have impotence. Obesity can be divided into simple obesity and secondary obesity. The difference between the two is that one is the phenomenon of increased body fat, and the other is caused by drugs or other factors. No matter which one, it will cause some diseases and harm the health of the body. With this knowledge, everyone can take preventive measures for these diseases.