When a man becomes obese, his sexual function decreases

With the gradual improvement of modern living standards, more and more people are troubled by obesity. In fact, men are much more likely to become obese than women, but most men don't pay much attention to their obesity. At the same time, when men gain weight, they will also have many other symptoms on their bodies. No man wants his sexual function to decline, but what should a man do if his sexual function declines after becoming obese?

Obesity affects male sexual function

In today's society, the image of a potbellied, fat and clumsy person is unpopular. As an obese person, the embarrassment and helplessness he suffers are even more painful. In fact, obesity is mostly a symptom rather than a disease. It manifests itself as an abnormal state in clinical symptoms and laboratory data. Andrological research and clinical practice have found that sex and obesity are closely related. Many obese men have varying degrees of sexual function problems.

The generation of human sexual desire is based on the secretion of sex hormones, and obesity can often cause problems with sex hormone secretion. This is because obesity leads to fatification of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland that controls the development and operation of the gonads, resulting in reduced or even loss of pituitary function and reduced sex hormone release. A foreign study that measured plasma free and bound testosterone levels in obese men found that men who reached 177% to 199% of their ideal body weight had significantly lower average plasma testosterone levels than non-obese men. Men who weigh 200% or more of their ideal body weight will have lower mean plasma testosterone and lower mean free testosterone index. This shows that the sex hormone levels of obese men are reduced.

There is a small amount of estrogen in a normal man's body, most of which is converted from androgens, and a very small amount is directly secreted by the seminal vesicles. They play an important role in regulating the gonadotropin secretion of the pituitary gland and the testosterone secretion of the testicles. Due to the increase in body fat in obese men, more androgens are converted into estrogen, and the concentration in the blood can be doubled or more. The higher estrogen concentration can inhibit the secretion of pituitary gonadotropins, thereby reducing the secretion of testosterone in the testicles.

Obese men's androgens decrease and estrogen increases, and their sexual function will be weakened to varying degrees. The manifestations are that men's masculinity is sharply reduced, sexual function is low, sexual desire, erection, sex life, ejaculation, orgasm and other links are unsatisfactory. Sexual dysfunctions such as impotence, premature ejaculation, and non-ejaculation will come to varying degrees and cast a shadow on the couple's life. After effective weight loss, the "contrast" phenomenon of estrogen and male hormones can be readjusted, and sexual function can be improved or returned to completely normal.

To give a simple example, the sex organs of boars in pig farms are cut off from an early age. The fundamental purpose is to fatten the pigs by disrupting their secretion of sex hormones. The same is true for the human body. Sex hormones are closely related to human metabolism. Disorders of sex hormone secretion may directly lead to fat metabolism disorders, fat accumulation, obesity, and a series of pathological changes such as increased blood lipids and arteriosclerosis. Therefore, obese people are also prone to chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension. These diseases themselves can affect sexual function. In particular, certain drugs used to treat hypertension can cause a decline in sexual function, such as reserpine, guanethidine, hydralazine, and diazepam. At the same time, obesity can also cause some psychological problems, such as aversion to one's own body shape, failure in social interactions, loss of self-confidence, increased depression, etc. These problems can potentially affect sexual life.

In short, although not all obese men will have sexual dysfunction, the impact of obesity on the body, including the impact on sexual function, does exist objectively. Therefore, it is of great significance to diagnose and treat obesity in a timely manner and effectively control obesity and strive to lose weight.