Can a paraplegic man have sex?

We often hear that paralysis means loss of sexual ability, but this is not entirely true. Male patients with paralysis have a certain chance of having sex, but the chance is relatively small. Current nerve repair technology is also improving, and one day it will be possible to repair damaged nerves.

The statement that "people lose their sexual ability as long as they are paralyzed" is biased. The sexual life of patients with high paralysis is not in a "dead end" and there is still a chance for it to recover.

The main manifestations of male sexual function are penile erection and ejaculation. According to statistics, 91% of patients with high paralysis can recover penile erection, and 4% can also ejaculate.

There are two mechanisms for penis erection: one is reflex erection, that is, after the glans penis is stimulated, the afferent nerves transmit information to the erection center, causing the penis to become engorged and erect. The other is psychogenic erection, which is stimulated by vision, hearing, smell, touch and other senses and the brain's thinking, causing it to become engorged and erect. Regardless of which type of erection, the transmission of the stimulus signal requires the participation of the nerves, so if the nerves are damaged, the erectile function may also be affected, causing erectile dysfunction.

In the early stage of spinal cord paralysis, the human body is in a state of "spinal shock", all nerve reflexes disappear, and the penis naturally cannot erect. With the disappearance of the "spinal shock" period, some undamaged nerves begin to recover, so the erectile function will recover to varying degrees.

Therefore, it is recommended to treat paralysis as early as possible. At present, the effective treatment for high-level paralysis is the comprehensive treatment plan using "neural repair technology", integrating the advantages of modern multidisciplinary disciplines to achieve the goal of high-end neurological technology serving clinical medicine. In the treatment, the comprehensive advantages of biological cytology, physics, psychology, pharmacology, chemistry and other disciplines are applied, and various intervention strategies such as tissue or cell transplantation, bioengineering, biology, physics, and drugs or chemistry are adopted. On the basis of the original neural anatomy and function, the regeneration and repair of damaged or injured nerves are promoted, the neural anatomical projection pathways and environmental pathways are reconstructed, and the neural signal conduction is improved, and the purpose of nerve function recovery and reconstruction is finally achieved.

Can a high paraplegia patient have sex? I believe that under the guidance of doctors, patients with similar pain will find a treatment method that suits them. However, the treatment results sometimes depend on whether the patient is optimistic about life. According to the patient's specific symptoms and physical condition, it is crucial to choose a good paraplegia hospital to receive scientific treatment measures.