Can paraplegics recover their sexual function?

Paraplegic patients have different degrees of influence on sexual life depending on the location and severity of paraplegia, which depends on the situation. For male patients, the sexual function center is mainly in the cone, which is located in the spinal cord of the lumbar spine. If the spinal cord in the lumbar region is damaged, it is basically impossible to restore sexual function, and women can generally accept passive sex. I. Male patients: 1. Patients with partial cervical or thoracic spine lesions, as well as those with paraplegia caused by spinal cord and medulla oblongata due to paralysis of upper motor neurons and loss of central inhibition, can have sex, but for a shorter period of time. Patients who are stimulated to produce reflex ejaculation can perform simple sexual life or reflexes. Therefore, sexual function can be basically restored; 2, lumbar spine injury affects the parasympathetic center, the central site of sexual function, resulting in spinal cord cone injury will appear sexual dysfunction, manifested as the inability to have sex, sexual function basically can not be restored. Second, female patients: most of them will lead to loss of sensation at the vagina, and the patient can passively accept sex, but the sexual arousal time is slower than normal. If the patient’s paralysis is not very serious, not injured the lumbar vertebrae, such as the loss of walking ability, not yet completely lost consciousness, and the patient’s physical quality is better, can be appropriate for sexual life. But the premise is not to do more strenuous activities, otherwise it is easy to cause harm to the patient’s body. At the same time, the recovery of sexual function of paraplegic patients requires close cooperation of their spouses, exclusion of depression and other negative emotions, and the adoption of appropriate sexual life under the guidance of doctors, so that sexual function can be restored.