Does lack of sleep affect sexual function?

Everyone should be properly aware of the harmful consequences of lack of sleep, but due to the rich nightlife, many people, especially young people, like to stay up late. Most young people play with their mobile phones until two or three in the middle of the night, which leads to a serious lack of sleep. Sexual function is a problem that all men are more concerned about. If lack of sleep will it affect male sexual function?

Not to mention the problems caused by staying up late, such as neurasthenia, decreased eyesight, memory loss, reduced resistance and various chronic diseases, the biggest harm of staying up late for men is that it quietly steals their "happy sex life".

The impact of staying up late on men:

1. Androgen metabolism disorder:

Many important synthesis reactions in the human body must be completed during sleep, and testosterone is one of them. Staying up late for a long time consumes a lot of testosterone to maintain energy, and on the other hand, insufficient or irregular sleep affects the synthesis and metabolism of testosterone. 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 testosterone 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 is usually caused by sitting for long periods of time, but men are "sitting on their genitals", which can induce prostatitis over time, and may also cause local temperature rise in the testicles and slow internal blood circulation. Sperm cells are like being roasted in the desert, and without water and food, it will undoubtedly affect men's spermatogenesis.