What causes impotence after drinking?

Many friends usually have the habit of drinking. Long-term drinking may have adverse effects on the health of male friends. Alcohol not only damages the liver, causing alcoholic liver disease and liver function damage, but excessive drinking may also cause alcohol poisoning, sexual dysfunction, etc. Below, I will introduce some of the main reasons why male friends suffer from impotence due to long-term drinking.

1. The effect of consuming a large amount of alcohol at one time on sex hormones.

After an adult male consumes a large amount of alcohol at one time, as the alcohol concentration in the blood increases, the concentration of the male hormone testosterone decreases.

2. The impact of chronic alcoholism on sexual function and sexual organs.

① Long-term drinking can easily lead to cirrhosis of the liver.

Patients with liver cirrhosis often have hyperestrogenemia, which inhibits the secretion of gonadotropin, causes testosterone synthesis disorders, and even leads to male breast feminization, that is, male breasts become enlarged, sometimes accompanied by mild pain.

②Alcohol may have direct damaging effects on the testicles and hypothalamus-pituitary system.

③Alcoholic cirrhosis can disrupt the metabolism of gonadotropin in the blood, causing testicular atrophy and weight loss in about half of the patients.

④ Once the testicles atrophy, the number of sperm cells decreases and their arrangement becomes irregular; in severe cases, the seminiferous tubules degenerate and the sperm cells disappear. This change worsens with the progression of cirrhosis.

3. The effect of alcohol on erectile function.

A study was conducted on 16 normal adult men. The results showed that when the blood alcohol concentration was less than 0.025%, the penis circumference increased to the maximum; when the blood alcohol concentration reached more than 0.5%, the maximum penis circumference and the rate of increase in circumference were significantly inhibited. According to reports, at least 8% of alcohol addicts have erectile dysfunction. This erectile dysfunction is considered irreversible.

4. The effect of alcohol on spermatogenesis.

In the process of sperm production, development and maturation, several hormones are required, among which testosterone is indispensable. Therefore, it can be inferred that in the state of low androgen caused by alcoholic liver damage, spermatogenesis is impaired. In addition, in the process of sperm formation, the help of ethanol dehydrogenase is also needed, and alcohol has a strong affinity for this enzyme. Therefore, the activity of this enzyme will be limited after drinking, thereby hindering the differentiation of sperm cells and leading to a decline in spermatogenesis. In addition, the incidence of abnormal sperm increases after taking alcohol, and the shape of the sperm head and tail is abnormal. The above can undoubtedly become the cause of infertility.

Therefore, it is best not to develop a habit of excessive drinking, as it is very harmful to human health. When impotence occurs due to long-term drinking, not only should timely treatment be sought, but alcohol should also be avoided as soon as possible. Only in this way can the secondary harm caused to the body be reduced and the pain of men be alleviated.