Former smokers more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction

• April 19, 2024

It is estimated that in Mexico 55% of men, between 40 and 70 years of age, suffer from some degree of erectile dysfunction . However, it is known that former smokers are 2 times more likely to develop it, compared to those who have never smoked, revealed through a press release the laboratories Pfizer .

This, because there is an important relationship between the number of packs consumed over the years and the erectile dysfunction . In the same way, it is known that living with diabetes It is associated with the double risk of this type of dysfunction. The reason why the smoking can cause this, it's because the nicotine , it hinders the blood supply and generates low oxygenation in the smoker, which causes damage to the arteries and affects the firmness of the sexual organ.

The arteries that feed the blood to the penis, for an erection are the smallest in the body and that is why they are the first to reach the obstruction necessary to generate symptoms such as erectile dysfunction .

In this sense, Pfizer, clarifies that it is possible that men smokers of 40 to 49 years have 3.5% higher risk of developing erectile dysfunction compared to non-smokers and that this risk can increase to 5.96% for men aged 50 to 59 who consume tobacco .

According to a study on the Symptoms and routine health conditions , which took place in Olmsted Country, Minnesota in 2003, the smoking It could have a greater impact on the firmness of young men's erections.

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