Consultant urologist Dr George Lee Eng Geap, or a.k.a Dr G, enlightens on the dampening effects of consuming excessive alcohol, saying that it will cause erection, sexual desire and ejaculation problems.
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00:00 In the month of January, we are trying to see whether any New Year resolution can enhance
00:06 your sex life or can reverse any problems with sexual dysfunction.
00:10 On the second week, we're talking about alcohol consumptions.
00:20 In fact, there are many many studies to show that even 6 units of alcohol per day actually
00:27 will have some dampening effect on your sex life.
00:30 What sort of dampening effect?
00:32 You're thinking about problems such as erectile dysfunction, lower sexual desire and also
00:39 problem with ejaculatory defect or ejaculatory dysfunction.
00:44 In fact, the true mechanism of the sexual dysfunction is actually unknown.
00:49 However, we believe that it is probably due to neuropathy.
00:55 Safe amount of alcohol can actually cause neuropathy, which is a damage of the nerve
01:00 crucial for erection.
01:02 And that itself constitute about 70% of men who have alcohol problems and resulting in
01:10 erectile dysfunction.
01:12 The second problem it causes is problems with the testosterone.
01:19 We all know that testosterone is absolutely crucial in sexual desire.
01:23 However, for men who consume a lot of alcohol, for example, if you're dependent on alcohol
01:29 in one study, looking at 100 men consuming about 20 units of alcohol per day over a period
01:38 of a 8 year interval, you realize that their testosterone level is rock bottom.
01:45 As a result of that, they will also encounter problems with ejaculation disorder and lower
01:52 sexual desire.
01:54 So in conclusion, men who consume alcohol may have some problems, I mean what I'm talking
02:01 about excessive amount of alcohol may have some problems with sexual dysfunction.
02:06 However, when this alcohol consumption is increased to the higher level to the extent
02:12 of dependency, then it can be detrimental.
02:15 The good news is that abstinence of between 2 to 3 months is already demonstrating that
02:22 there is a reversal of sexual function.
02:25 So men who encounter problems and stop drinking for at least 2 to 3 months will have a positive
02:32 impact on all three parameters of erection, desire and ejaculatory disorder.
02:38 In keeping with the new theme of New Year resolution, we really would like to find out
02:44 how losing weight can help.
02:46 So is obesity really affecting your sex life?
02:50 You wanna find out?
02:52 Then stay tuned for next week's Putting Dr G on the Spot.
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