Diabetes mellitus leads to decreased sexual function in men, which may be related to poor glycemic control or diabetic neuropathy. Reasonable control of blood sugar, psychological adjustment, and oral medication are needed if necessary.
1. Reasonable control of blood sugar: If diabetes mellitus has poor blood sugar control, the sugar content in the blood is high, the osmotic pressure increases, and there is a lack of blood supply to the penile area, which leads to a decline in the quality of sexual life. Oral hypoglycemic drugs should be adhered to, to control the progress of the disease, such as metformin, glibenclamide, etc., if necessary, need to follow the medical advice of insulin injection to control blood sugar.
2. Psychological adjustment: some diabetic patients are impotent due to excessive psychological pressure, so usually should also do some adjustment from the emotional aspect, avoid anxiety, tension.
3. Oral medication: long-term poor control of diabetic blood glucose may appear autonomic neuropathy of the reproductive system, manifested as male libido or impotence, in which impotence is the early symptoms of diabetic autonomic neuropathy, can be taken orally to nourish the nerves of the drug, such as methylcobalamin, etc., and actively control blood glucose. Oral medication for impotence, such as Avanafil, can also be taken as appropriate.
Regarding the male sexual dysfunction caused by diabetes mellitus, it is recommended to go to the hospital, improve further examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and should be under the guidance of the physician reasonable use of medication.