Thursday, January 15, 2009

Sexual dysfunction and Smoking

Smoking can not only cause death or illness, it can also cause sexual dysfunction or impotence. Impotence can shatter a man’s ego and destroy his sexual life.

Smoking can be the major factor of impotence. The more you smoke, more blood vessels in your body are damaged. These include large arteries and tiny vessels which bring blood to the penis and make erection possible. Smoking causes considerable damage to the body’s circulation. Erection problem is related to be related to blood flow as erection occurs when blood into the penis. Anything that causes problem to blood circulation causes dysfunction. The carbon monoxide from the cigarette combines with the hemoglobin and reduces its oxygen carrying capacity. Smoking is not only responsible for erectile dysfunction but also to lower the count of sperm and sexual desire.

Effective erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra also cannot cure erectile dysfunction combined with heavy smoking. So the only option for smokers to get rid of smoking is stop smoking. If will not only improve sexual health but also help in improving overall health.