Sleep Apnea Affects Erectile Dysfunctions
Through a study conducted by researchers from University of Louisville’s Galia Soukhova-O’Hare, it was confirmed that sleep apnea affects another health issue and this has something to do with erectile dysfunction and sex drives for men.
If you think of it, the logic makes sense. For one, how can you expect a man to have sex if he has breathing problems? Well even though the experiment was made through the use of the usual experimental mice, at least now it has been confirmed that sleep apnea is indeed affecting parts of the human anatomy so sleep apnea really has to be avoided or treated as much as possible.
How were sleep apnea and ED linked? Testosterone wasn’t the problem; testosterone levels were unaffected by sleep apnea. And there weren’t any problems with the mice’s anatomy, either.
But the mice did have lower levels of an enzyme needed to make nitric oxide during the experiment, and they may have needed nitric oxide to help with blood flow for erections.
(Source) WebMD
September 29th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Hmmm,
As a wife of a man who has finally come to terms with the fact that he does have sleep apnea, I can see this is good knowledge for wives of men who will not admit that they stop breathing during sleep.
I can imagine that warning “your man” that ignored sleep apnea can lead to problems with ED just MIGHT get him to pay more attention to your wifely concerns for his health!
Thanks for sharing this information!
Anne Holmes
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