E-cigarettes increase the risk of erectile dysfunction, a study in men of all ages found
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousMen between the ages of 20 and 65 who smoke electronic cigarettes they are more than twice as likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction. This was discovered by a study conducted by Dr. Omar El Shahaw, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
The people examined were all healthy, the researchers voluntarily excluded those with high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease or with a history of smoking.
According to Ahmad Besaratinia, a professor at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, who was not involved in the study, it would be because nicotine and other chemicals can reduce the ability of arteries to enlarge and dilate, resulting in dysfunction. erectile. They can also affect testosterone levels, increasing the problem.
If the risk of erectile dysfunction increases with the increase of tobacco cigarettes, the same thing then happens with e-cigarettes. But if smoking some from time to time does not involve risks, doing it daily does. Among other things, the new types of electronic cigarettes apparently have a higher nicotine content.
How to behave then? Better not to smoke them and not start, the researchers suggest. And in the event that the electronic cigarette represents an alternative to tobacco, at least its consumption should be moderated.
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SOURCE: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
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