Consultant urologist Dr George Lee Eng Geap, or a.k.a Dr G, sheds light on the harm of vaping on the men's sexual and reproductive health.
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00:00Hello there, welcome to another episode of Putting Dr G on the Spot.
00:04In the month of February, we'll continue this whole idea and whole journey of reducing bad
00:10habits in life for a betterment of health, especially sexual and reproductive health.
00:16And this week, we're contemplating whether vaping is a better alternative than smoking.
00:22So, vaping is also considered a nicotine-delivering system.
00:33And basically, this nicotine-delivering system is trying to supply nicotine
00:39allegedly without the harmfulness of other components in cigarette smoking.
00:45So, is nicotine harmful for sexual health?
00:48In fact, there are a few studies that demonstrated that men who vapes with extra
00:53amount of nicotine might impact on their erections.
00:58Exactly how that's affected, nobody knows.
01:01But we know that chemically, nicotine will have an impact on nitric oxide system,
01:08which is the delivering system for basal dilation that is crucial for erectile function.
01:14And another Italian study interestingly demonstrated that between men who vapes
01:19and men who don't vapes, the men who vapes actually have a smaller testicle.
01:25Why is that the case?
01:26Actually, we don't know.
01:28And for these men, when you analyze their sexual and reproductive health,
01:32you realize that the actual quality of sperm is reduced, the amount of ejaculation is reduced,
01:39the sperm number is reduced, and also the morphology and mortality
01:45is significantly reduced in the vaping community.
01:49So, exactly how and also the long-term impact of vaping is completely unknown.
01:55But what we know is that the longer you vape,
01:59the higher chance of erectile dysfunction and also infertility.
02:03So, men who really are contemplating cessation of smoking,
02:08don't just end smoking, end vaping as well.
02:11Because if you can overcome that withdrawal,
02:14then you have a much better overall health and sexual and reproductive health.
02:19So, venturing into Chinese New Year, we are talking about more bad habits for you to get rid of.
02:26Another really bad habit that perhaps is haunting you during Chinese New Year is alcohol.
02:33So, how is alcohol affecting one's sexual and reproductive health?
02:37Stay tuned for next week's Putting Dr. G on the Spot.