At the start of the new year, China proved to have slapped itself in the face on the smoking ban with a total failure of its promise to achieve a 100 percent ban on smoking in indoor public places and indoor workplaces by January 9 of this year. Smokers prevailed and continued to happily gulp down fumes at any time, anywhere. However, scientists warned smokers: the process of smoking is very high, but the legacy is not light. One of the most disgraceful sequelae for men is probably ED (impotence). In other words, smoking can damage a man’s “sexual well-being”.
Smoking damages “sexual well-being”? Who says so?
The idea that smoking can cause impotence is like a myth to many male smokers. Even if one day, in the face of a loving partner, really “have the heart but not the strength”, he can find a thousand reasons for cigarettes to exonerate: too tired, older, environmental degradation, air pollution, genetic problems …… In short, cigarettes seem really innocent. However, this is not the case. Cigarettes are indeed a killer of men’s “sexual well-being”, the conclusion, British scientists have been published as early as 2006. Responsible for the study of Christopher? Dr. Millett, from Imperial College London, said, “Men who smoke are nearly 40 percent more likely to suffer from impotence than men who do not smoke.”
Dr. Millett’s theory that “cigarettes damage sexual well-being” has a strong basis in fact. They have surveyed 8,000 Australian men between the ages of 16 and 59. Nearly one in ten admitted to having had persistent sexual dysfunction for more than a month in the past year. Six percent of the smokers, who made up a quarter of the total number of survey respondents, smoked more than 20 cigarettes a day. Those who smoked more than a pack or more per day were 39 percent more likely to experience sexual dysfunction than non-smokers. Even men who smoke less than 20 cigarettes a day have a 24 percent increased risk of impotence compared to nonsmokers.
”It’s not just older men who suffer from impotence, but young men as well,” said Millett in an article published in the British journal Tobacco Control, “For many years cigarettes have been advertised as a symbol of male masculinity, just like the manly man in the Marlboro cigarette ads like the manly man in the Marlboro cigarette ads. When in fact smoking is the leading cause of impotence ……”
The three steps to murdering “sexual happiness” with cigarettes may be effective, but some smokers may say, “I’ve always smoked, but I’m still “sexually happy” now. Don’t be happy too early! You are on your way to not being “sexually happy”. Maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, you will reach the end. You know, cigarettes are like a well-trained spy. It will not immediately show the murder weapon, it is step by step, premeditated, step by step to murder your “sexual happiness”. And you don’t even know it.
Step 1.
A puff, 7 seconds can make people float immortal Nanjing Military Region Nanjing General Hospital, deputy chief physician of respiratory medicine Xiao Xinwu told reporters that many “senior” smokers are addicted to smoking because they are fascinated by the “benefits” of cigarettes. Cigarettes have what “benefits”? It can “refresh and relieve fatigue, relieve pain, increase the pleasure”. This magical function of cigarettes, it is known that the main “credit” to nicotine.
Nicotine is a unique alkaloid in tobacco, is a bad smell, bitter taste, colorless and transparent oily liquid, volatile. When the cigarette is lit, people through the mouth, nose, trachea, bronchial mucosa, it is easy to absorb the nicotine. The inhaled nicotine can enter the brain and blood vessels within 7 seconds. Nicotine acts on the brain and causes excitement in the nervous system, increased adrenal secretion, increased heart rate, and small artery spasms, thus giving a person a sense of pleasure.
After the smoker inhales the first cigarette, he will feel uncomfortable after 20 to 30 minutes when the nicotine content in the brain gradually decreases. At this point, he needs to inhale the second in order to get pleasure. So after inhaling the second cigarette for 7 seconds, he again feels pleasure and excitement. When the daily inhalation of cigarettes reaches 20, the person will become a “slave” to cigarettes. This means that once he leaves the cigarette, he will be unresponsive, inattentive, and even uncomfortable.
Since smoking makes people happy, it will continue to smoke it. Thus, the “king” so easily captured the “people”. Enjoyment is in the front, pain is in the back. Smokers should always be prepared to pay for the pleasure they have enjoyed.
Step 2.
The harmful substances in cigarettes block the blood vessels When the body indulges in the pleasure brought by cigarettes, the harmful substances such as carbon monoxide in tobacco and rutin protein in tar, are quietly entering the human blood vessels.
Dr. Sun Hongtao of Beijing Fu Wai Cardiovascular Hospital told reporters that cigarettes bring harm, at least the following points: First, the carbon monoxide in smoke and hemoglobin combined to form carboxyhemoglobin, resulting in tissue hypoxia, so compensatory erythropoiesis occurs, so that the blood viscosity increases, thereby increasing the risk of thrombosis; Second, smokers due to continuous contraction of small arteries, over time, the small artery wall Smooth muscle degeneration, vascular intima gradually thickened, the formation of small arteriosclerosis; Third, the harmful substances in cigarettes, lipid metabolism also has an impact, can make blood cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein increased, high-density lipoprotein decreased, therefore, the process of atherosclerosis accelerated. All of these can easily lead to hypertension, coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, etc.
Of course, all these problems, all seem to be unrelated to “sexual happiness”. However, don’t be too happy! You know, the bad news is always one after another, just a matter of time.
Step 3.
The more the “life root” does not get hard, the further the “sexual happiness” goes cigarettes why is it related to “sexual happiness”? The director of the male department of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital, Ning Keqin, explained to the reporter the reason for this.
The male penis is made up of three tissues called the spongy body. When sexually excited, the arteries in the spongy body expand and a large amount of blood is pumped into the spongy body, while the veins in the spongy body contract to reduce blood flow. In this way, the penis is like a sponge filled with water, in which blood is retained, resulting in an erection.
The penis needs to be filled with blood for an erection, however, for those who have been smoking for a long time, they experience a lack of blood supply due to hardening and narrowing of the blood vessels. In particular, the internal pubic artery and the cavernous artery of the penis, which are directly related, can also become hardened and narrowed, leading to impaired microcirculation and uncoordinated hemodynamic processes, resulting in a significant reduction in the amount of blood supplied to the penis and poor cavernous filling. Without the full blood, the penis naturally can not erect, so “sexual happiness” has become a legend.
Director Ning Keqin said, smoking may cause impotence, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, is also justified, “long-term smoking affects the lung qi, qi stagnation is blood stagnation. With poor blood, the penis has insufficient blood supply and naturally has difficulty getting an erection.”
Dr. Hongtao Sun, from the perspective of the cardiovascular disease specialty, confirmed Director Ning Keqin’s statement, “Many of the risk factors for impotence and coronary heart disease are the same, so a weak lifeblood and coronary heart disease can be said to be two grasshoppers on a string. The New England Journal of Medicine has reported in an article that 50 percent of men who develop heart disease from smoking suffer from impotence, compared to only 21 percent of non-smoking men.”
Silently, cigarettes also kill “tadpoles”
For many veteran smokers, “sexual bliss” is slipping away from them. However, what makes the tragedy less tragic is that as the addiction gets deeper, their “sexual interest” is also getting less and less.
Men’s “sexual interest”, and testicular interstitial cells, this cell can synthesize androgens, and the role of androgens is to promote the development of the penis, epididymis, vas deferens and other sex organs, and maintain their mature state. The harmful substances in cigarettes have an inhibitory effect on the synthesis of sex hormones in the interstitial cells of the testes. The decrease in the level of sex hormones in the blood will affect the normal sex drive. Since there is no “sexual interest”, can “sexual happiness” is also irrelevant.
For the sake of cigarettes, “sexual interest” and “sexual happiness” can not be. However, smokers have to face the risks, not only these, Dr. Sun Hongtao told reporters that smoking can also cause male infertility. Because, the harmful substances in tobacco smoke can cause small testicular artery disease, so that the ability to produce sperm decline. Some research data show that the average sperm survival rate of men who smoke 30 cigarettes with medium tar content per day is seriously reduced to only 50% of normal. Furthermore, smoking can cause impairment of spermatogenesis and maturation, resulting in mutations in sperm DNA and an increase in the number of malformed sperm. These genetic damages to sperm caused by smoking can be passed on to the embryo, which can affect fetal development.
Can men get their “sexual happiness” back by quitting smoking?
Can we get back the “sexual happiness” stolen by cigarettes? Dr. Sun Hongtao gave a positive answer. “Studies have shown that after quitting smoking, male sexual function has been restored to varying degrees, and the loss of libido and penile erection and impotence caused by smoking can be restored to normal in a short period of time after quitting. Even if you have been smoking for a long time and have developed arteriosclerosis of the penile corpus cavernosum and testes, you can also get a significant improvement after completely getting rid of tobacco, of which about 50% of people can return to normal sexual function.”
The earliest use of “Viagra” is the treatment of cardiovascular disease mentioned the dangers of cigarettes, the first thing that comes to mind is respiratory disease. Few people will link it to cardiovascular disease, and no one will think that people “more than the living gods” of the cigarette, but will actually take away the “sexual happiness” of men. The reporter in the interview, inadvertently obtained a clue, but also to prove the power of cigarettes on the “sexual well-being” of the killing power.