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Consultant urologist Dr George Lee Eng Geap, or a.k.a Dr G, tells a reader the truth about his excessive alcohol consumption behaviour and the impact it has on his sex life.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00In the whole month we're looking at various pollutants or lifestyle that is

00:05actually contributing towards the causes of erectile dysfunction. We've gone

00:09through smoking and now we're going to find out exactly what will alcohol do to

00:14your sex life

00:22Alcohol has always been used as a seductive and also lotion and potion for

00:29lovemaking. So is alcohol good or bad for your sex life? In fact the data is

00:35quite contradicting because on one hand a moderate amount of alcohol can

00:40actually give you that sort of disinhibition and risk-taking behavior

00:44hence engaging in sexual activity. However if alcohol comes in large doses

00:51then there's a terminology described as whiskey dick, right? Exactly what is

00:57whiskey dick? In fact there are two negative impact alcohol can have on the

01:03erections. Number one in the short-term impact, number two in the long-term impact

01:08In the short-term impact too much alcohol actually cause too much sedative

01:14effect that itself might actually get somebody to be a little bit numb in

01:19their arousal and sometimes they actually get a little bit retard or a

01:25bit delayed in their ejaculation. As a result then they get a little bit

01:31exhausted and erectile dysfunction kicks in and that is probably described as

01:36whiskey dick. However in long term there are multiple studies that show alcohol

01:41is detrimental to the actual erection. For example one Italian studies actually

01:47get hundreds of men attending alcoholic classes or alcoholic rehabilitation

01:52sessions and it's noted that 71% of them actually complaints of erectile

01:57dysfunction and also other studies suggested that men who actually have

02:02alcohol or more likely to smoke or more likely to have risk-taking behavior with

02:06sexually transmitted infection as a result ended up with problems with

02:11erectile dysfunction. The pathogenesis of this is unknown however it's believed in

02:17three types of problems. Number one psychologically it will cause depression

02:22and anxiety. Number two it will cause suppression of testosterone with the

02:27cirrhosis of the liver and number three alcohol neuropathy is a nerve damaging

02:33condition that is causing damage to the actual erectile tissue. So on that basis

02:40I guess the only thing is everything in moderation especially when it comes to

02:44alcohol and your erectile dysfunction. For next week believe it or not it's the

02:49last day of July and in the last day of July we're dealing with something quite

02:54topical and something is probably in the news a lot and that is vaping. Is vaping

03:00detrimental for your sexual health? Then you need to stay tuned and find out in

03:04next week's Putting Dr. G on the Spot.

EP232: Is it 'whiskey dick,' doctor? | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT

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