Lumbar disc herniation can cause impotence

Lumbar disc herniation is a very common condition among people nowadays. There are many reasons for this condition. It may be caused by long-term poor sitting posture, overwork or trauma, etc. Suffering from lumbar disc herniation has a great impact on the human body. There will be back pain, inability to walk, etc. Some patients with lumbar disc herniation will have impotence. So, does lumbar disc herniation cause impotence?

Lumbar disc herniation can cause back and leg pain, but there are few reports on sexual dysfunction, especially impotence. Impotence caused by some neurological diseases can be cured. In clinical practice, we found that many patients with impotence, after excluding conventional factors such as mental and psychological diseases, genital malformations, genital tract inflammation, and low frequency of sexual intercourse, are mostly accompanied by lumbar disc herniation. Central lumbar disc herniation compresses the dura mater sac, resulting in damage to the cauda equina nerve function, which can cause premature ejaculation and discomfort such as soreness, swelling, and numbness around the pelvis and lower limbs.

At the same time, it can also cause swelling and pain in the perineum, perianal area, lumbar sacral area and scrotum. Because lumbar disc herniation is a common disease and the affected area is special, urologists and orthopedic experts do not recommend surgical treatment unless there are special circumstances. Medication and rehabilitation therapy are the main treatments. Appropriate exercise according to physical fitness and physical therapy training are the main relief methods. Patients can perform home massage and traction at home according to regular massage techniques or use small traction instruments.

Most patients with this type of neurological impotence have had their impotence symptoms relieved to varying degrees after receiving treatment with physical therapy in orthopedics or rehabilitation. The causes of impotence can be roughly divided into two categories: organic factors and psychological factors. Psychological factors mainly include: sexual psychological trauma in childhood, lack of sexual knowledge in newlyweds, tension and anxiety, or emotional discord between husband and wife, disharmonious family relationships, mental tension, and excessive mental burdens, which can lead to impotence.

There are three main factors of organic impotence: 1. Urinary and reproductive organ diseases: such as prostatitis, prostatic hyperplasia, epididymitis, varicocele, etc., which can often lead to impotence. Some middle-aged and elderly patients suffer from impotence due to prostatitis and prostatic hyperplasia. 2. Endocrine diseases: such as diabetes, pituitary insufficiency, testicular damage or hypofunction, or hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, adrenal insufficiency, etc., can all lead to impotence.