Consultant urologist Dr George Lee Eng Geap, or a.k.a Dr G, explains how smoking can be detrimental to a man's sexual health, saying that it will cause various problems including erectile dysfunction.
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00:00This week, we would like to explore the causes of erectile dysfunction, and namely focusing
00:07on cigarette smoking.
00:14For many decades, we begin to link cigarette smoking with one important condition, which
00:20is cancer.
00:21In fact, two cancers have specifically been linked to smoking, which is lung cancer and
00:29bladder cancer.
00:30However, in recent years, we identified that smoking can also be linked with erectile dysfunction.
00:38So we want to know exactly what is the link.
00:42In fact, there are four reasons why cigarette smoking can cause erectile dysfunction.
00:48Number one is that the nicotine itself is inflammatory, and that itself can cause scarring
00:56and also occlusions of the vessels.
00:58And that is known to cause erectile dysfunction.
01:03Number two is that smoking contains chemicals that actually eventually can cause the inflammations
01:12of the blood vessels, and that is the same inflammations and damage that causes coronary
01:19artery disease and also strokes.
01:23So all these inflammations can result in atherosclerosis, and atherosclerosis in the
01:30early stages will affect the vessels that are quite small, for example, the penile artery.
01:36So in many ways, scientists believe that the early problems of erectile dysfunction can
01:43be the precursor for later problems such as heart attack and stroke.
01:49The third way of cigarette smoking causes erectile dysfunction is the reduction of nitric
01:55oxide.
01:57Nitric oxide is crucial in our body to cause vasodilation.
02:01When the cigarette smoking and the chemicals wipe out the nitric oxide, then the problem
02:06arises with erectile dysfunction.
02:10And the fourth reason why people who smoke will have erectile dysfunction is the activation
02:16of sympathetic system.
02:18When the sympathetic system is activated, the blood pressure goes up, and it also will
02:24constrict the blood flow to the penis, and that itself is pretty bad for erection.
02:30I'm sure you're quite keen to find out what other things that can induce erectile dysfunction.
02:35So do you think excessive alcohol will induce erection or decrease erection?
02:41Then stay tuned and find out in next week's Putting Dr. G on the Spot.
02:48For more information visit www.SurgicalScience.com