Several months after its onset, the disease due to the coronavirus can leave serious sequelae in the cardiovascular system, which will have consequences on many aspects of daily life. Among them, erectile dysfunction is not to be neglected.
- Covid-19 can leave sequelae that affect the holding of a correct erection.
- These erection disorders could be due to lesions left on the vascular system, which would no longer be efficient enough to direct enough blood to the corpora cavernosa.
Covid-19 is a disease that leaves many more or less long-term sequelae in some patients. Whether it’s respiratory problems, loss of taste or smell, the coronavirus affects everyday life, but also sex life. An American doctor says that Covid-19 can cause erectile dysfunction in some men, because of the vascular disturbances associated with it.
A dysfunction of the vascular system
The explanation might be plausible, “lhe coronavirus is known to cause problems in the vascular system”, points out Dena Grayson, a doctor specializing in infectious diseases, in an interview with NBC Chicago. According to the doctor, Covid-19 could have many negative long-term consequences, including neurologically.
To have an erection, it is necessary, in addition to sexual arousal, to successfully gorge the penis with blood, which gives it its rigidity. This blood fills the corpora cavernosa located on both sides of the penis. The more the corpora cavernosa will be engorged with blood and the erection will be hard and of good quality.
Possible lifelong complications
However, Covid-19 can leave sequelae on the cardiovascular system. If the heart has suffered damage from Covid-19, it will become less powerful. Knowing that it is the organ that is responsible for propelling blood throughout the body, its malfunction can have consequences on the quality of erections.
“There is real concern that men may have long term erectile dysfunction issues from this virus as we know it causes problems in the vascular system. This virus can not only kill you, but can also potentially lead to lifelong complications.“, concludes the doctor.
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