Obesity is very harmful to men, so what are the effects of obesity on men’s sexual function? Will getting fat affect a man’s sexual life? Obesity is mostly due to excessive calorie intake, which cannot be metabolized through physical exertion. The excess calories are converted into fat and stored in the subcutaneous tissue. When the weight exceeds 20% of the normal standard, it is obesity [there are 2 ways to calculate the normal value: ①[height (cm)-100]× (1±10%); ②weight (kg)÷height (m)2 , normally around 22, more than 25 is obese].
Obesity often coexists with sexual dysfunction. The causal relationship between the two is still unclear. The reason may be that obesity is prone to diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Obese people generally have blood lipid metabolism disorder and appear hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia. These diseases themselves will cause metabolic disorders in the body. There are a small amount of estrogen in normal men. Most of these estrogens are converted from male hormones, and a very small part is directly secreted by the seminal vesicles. Although the estrogen in the blood is very small, it plays an important role in regulating the secretion of gonadotropin by the pituitary gland and the secretion of testosterone by the testis. The increase of body fat in obese people converts more male hormones into estrogen, and the blood concentration can be increased by about 1 times. Ejaculation dysfunction can also occur.
General obesity will not have a significant impact on sexual function, but if you are overweight and have difficulty in sexual intercourse, problems will also occur in terms of image and self-confidence. Therefore, mental factors are also a cause of impotence caused by obesity.
For men who are obese with sexual dysfunction, appropriate weight loss measures should be taken. The first is to reduce excessive calorie intake and advocate a reasonable diet. Strengthen physical exercise, at least 5 times a week, each time for more than 40 minutes. Quit smoking and drinking. boost self-confidence. After comprehensive treatment, controlling the excess weight can not only improve sexual function, but also prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes and other diseases, and improve the quality of life.
