Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

Sympathetic and Parasympathetic in impacting erections #shorts #hypertension #highbloodpressure #ed

24 Feb 2024 · 0 min

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Short YouTube clip by Anne Truong MD explaining that erections require parasympathetic activation and that an overactive sympathetic (fight-or-flight) response makes erections difficult. The clip links high blood pressure to an imbalance favoring sympathetic tone, which impairs blood flow and erectile function.

You need the parasympathetic to be active in order for you to get an erection. And when your sympathetic nervous system, which is your fight or flight mechanism, is higher than your parasympathetic, it's hard for you to get an erection. So high blood pressure affect the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic, affecting and impaired blood flow. So essentially, when you have more sympathetic than parasympathetic, it will actually affect the reaction.