In the past, erectile dysfunction has been chalked up to factors like anxiety, stress, smoking and bad hygiene. While Viagra and other pills can offer a solution, there’s something else men can do to ensure they perform better in bed – check their habits. These habits can include everything from biking to forgetting to floss your teeth.
1. A man who bikes for more than three hours a week risks damage to certain nerves. A hard bike seat “can compress the perineum (the area between the anus and scrotum), squeezing off the vital arteries and nerves necessary for normal s*xual function.”
2. Men who forget to floss their teeth increase the bacteria in their gums, and this bacteria can travel through the bloodstream, combine with plaque and clog blood vessels which make getting an erection difficult.
3. Another bad habit is men eating canned foods. Cans are lined with a material called bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical that can interfere with your hormone systems and can inhibit male s*x hormones.
4. Disruptive snoring, or sleep apnea, is a red flag too, because it signals that you have low baseline oxygen levels, and these levels are necessary to achieve an erection.
5. Men should also be cautious of what medicine they take, as erectile dysfunction can often be a side-effect of many anti-depressants and blood pressure-lowering drugs. Not only that, but serotonin is known to be a s*xual inhibitor.
6. Lastly, if a man has sustained pelvic injuries from severe trauma, e.g., falling from a ladder or a car accident, the damaged nerves and arteries in the urethra will lead to dysfunction.
Source: Information Nigeria