Drinking can help you have sex, but it can also ruin your sex

Nowadays, people pay more and more attention to the quality of sex life. For both men and women, if the man suffers from impotence, there will be no sexual happiness. There are many factors that affect the quality of sex, among which healthy diet plays a vital role in sexual health. Today's topic is whether drinking alcohol "helps" or "ruins" sexual desire. Please see how this question is answered!

1. Drinking a small amount of alcohol can "help" men last longer

There is a folk saying that a few drinks are better than a new marriage, which makes sense in improving the symptoms of premature ejaculation. When the amount of alcohol consumed reaches a certain level and the human body is in a state of anesthesia, sexual excitement can be suppressed, but this suppression has not yet reached the level of causing sexual dysfunction. Instead, it prolongs the male ejaculation latency period and plays a role in improving the symptoms of premature ejaculation.

From a sexual psychology perspective, wine was considered a kind of "aphrodisiac" in ancient China. Drinking in moderation can reduce fatigue, make you feel relaxed and light-hearted, and can regulate and relieve one's sexual behavior and sexual psychology (such as sexual anxiety, sexual tension, guilt, cowardice, and inferiority). As the saying goes, "wine makes people courageous."

Moreover, after drinking a certain amount of alcohol, people will to a certain extent break free from the shackles of social morality and even lose their sense of responsibility, showing more of their natural nature. Once an erotic environment appears, it can lead to sexual excitement. This is also one of the reasons why alcohol can help with sexual intercourse.

2. Excessive drinking can ruin your character and make your actions come to naught

If you drink too much, alcohol will inhibit the central nervous system, interfere with the neural reflex pathways of sexual impulse stimulation, inhibit male penile erection, and also inhibit female sexual arousal. Of course, there is no question of sexual activity if you are drunk. If you are overly drunk or even have acute alcohol poisoning, it can cause respiratory depression, which is not only sexual inhibition but also life-threatening.

The effect of alcohol on the nervous system is to first excite and then inhibit it. The effect of drinking on sexual function is related to the drinker's desire, occasion and alcohol intake. Some people may appear to be "sexually excited" after drinking, but when it comes to doing something real, they become unable to do it and may even fall into a deep sleep.

Excessive drinking will cause sexual dysfunction and destructive behavior, just like a driver who is drunk cannot step on the brake accurately and in time. Shakespeare has a very apt description of this: "Alcohol may arouse people's desires, but it often makes actions come to nothing."

3. Long-term alcohol abuse can cause sexual dysfunction

As for long-term alcohol abuse, it is more likely to lead to sexual dysfunction. There are four main reasons: First, long-term alcohol stimulation reduces the sensitivity of the central nervous system, leading to a decrease in sexual sensitivity, reduced libido, difficulty in getting an erection, and difficulty in ejaculating after an erection; second, alcohol damages the function of the liver, causing the liver to metabolize and convert male hormones, which in the long run causes a decrease in blood androgen levels; third, it damages the testicular stalk tissue, which also leads to a decrease in androgen; fourth, it directly damages the penile blood vessels and erectile tissue, reducing erectile function.

Clinical observations from different regions and by different investigators show that among chronic alcoholics who have been drinking for a long time, about 50% of men and about 25% of women suffer from sexual dysfunction. After excluding the influence of other factors such as age, it was found that among male patients with chronic alcohol poisoning due to long-term drinking, the sexual desire was lower than that of normal people. Among male alcoholics, about 40% suffer from impotence and about 5%-10% suffer from ejaculation disorders.

In chronic alcoholism with liver damage, up to 78% of male patients have sexual dysfunction. Moreover, in only half of these cases do alcoholics regain normal sexual function within months or years after quitting drinking.