Why do men sometimes not get hard?

When men have sexual desire, their penis will become hard due to congestion, which is a normal physiological phenomenon for men. Generally, men will have this reaction when they see hot women. Men who can easily get hard have strong sexual desire, which proves that there is no problem with their sexual function. Some men may not get hard at times, and in this case, they need to go to the hospital for examination. Let's learn why men sometimes don't get hard?

1. Organic reasons for men's inability to get an erection

Such as orchitis, epididymitis, urethritis, cystitis, prostatitis, etc. Among them, chronic prostatitis is the most common cause of erectile dysfunction.

2. Mental factors cause men to lose their erection

Fear of pregnancy, bad sexual environment, cold relationship between husband and wife, or worry about sexual function problems due to previous ejaculation or excessive masturbation, or even fear caused by lack of sexual knowledge or fear of being blamed by the woman, this is psychological impotence.

3. Endocrine diseases cause men to lose their erection

It is mainly seen in diabetes, hypothalamic-pituitary abnormalities and primary gonadal insufficiency. About 23% to 60% of male diabetic patients suffer from varying degrees of erectile dysfunction. The mechanism of its occurrence is mainly related to autonomic neurofibropathies on the corpus cavernosum, vascular stenosis, endocrine abnormalities and mental factors.

4. Diseases of the urogenital organs cause men to lose their erection

Such as prostatitis, prostatic hyperplasia, epididymitis, varicocele, etc. can often lead to impotence. Some middle-aged and elderly patients suffer from impotence due to prostatitis and prostatic hyperplasia.

5. Chronic fatigue causes men to lose their erection

The reason why fatigue can cause impotence is that excessive muscle fatigue or psychogenic fatigue caused by excessive brain use, depression, tension, etc. interferes with the arousal of sexual desire, including reduced brain function inhibiting sexual interest, reduced emotional central excitement of the cortical limbic system, and reduced secretion of pituitary gonadotropin and testicular androgen, which reduces sexual excitement.

6. Neurological diseases cause men to lose their erection

Hypothalamic-pituitary tumors or tumors in other parts of the body, localized brain damage, such as localized epilepsy, encephalitis, cerebral hemorrhage and compression, spinal cord injury, spinal cord tumors, chronic alcoholism, multiple sclerosis, pelvic surgery that damages the peripheral autonomic nerves, etc. can cause impotence.