Can erectile dysfunction lead to male infertility? The relationship between erectile dysfunction and male infertility

More and more men suffer from erectile dysfunction. Many men, especially those who have no children, will ask: Will erectile dysfunction lead to male infertility?

According to doctors, if erectile dysfunction affects the quality of ejaculation, it may affect male fertility. If you want to understand male infertility, you'd better find out erectile dysfunction first. Erectile dysfunction usually refers to that the penis cannot erect or can only erect but cannot maintain enough rigidity under the requirements of sexual desire and sexual intercourse, so the penis cannot be put into the vagina or become soft during sexual intercourse. Erectile dysfunction refers to the inability of the penis to enter the vagina for sexual intercourse; Those who can enter the vagina for sexual intercourse are not called erectile dysfunction.

(1) Mental erectile dysfunction: ① internal mental factors. Jealousy and intimacy, hate women, sexual crimes, lack of masculinity. ② Interpersonal factors. Such as improper dependence, competition failure, long-term anger and resentment, slow spouse X_ B. Life crisis, etc. ③ Empirical behavior factors: such as lack of sexual knowledge, wrong sexual experience, urgency of sexual behavior, external observation, etc.

(2) Vascular erectile dysfunction: penile erection must have three aspects of vascular changes to complete. That is, the artery expands actively under the nerve reflex, and the blood flow of the cavernous body increases; The cavernous sinus is loose, dilated and congested; The cavernous vein was passively compressed and actively contracted, and the resistance increased; In addition, a normal white membrane is also required. Any defect will cause penile erectile dysfunction, that is, vascular erectile dysfunction.

(3) Neurogenic erectile dysfunction: the lesions of central and peripheral nerves can cause neurological reflex disorders of penis erection, including intracranial diseases, spinal cord injury, spinal cord diseases, and peripheral nerve dysfunction.

(4) Endocrine erectile dysfunction: primary hypogonadism; Secondary hypogonadism; Hyperprolactinemia; Hyperthyroidism and hyperthyroidism can affect the changes of sex hormones.

(5) Organic diseases such as drugs: drug erectile dysfunction is common; Diseases of the reproductive organs themselves, such as hypospadias and hypospadias, can also lead to erectile dysfunction.