Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

Why obesity can lead to erectile dysfunction? #obesity #ed #shorts #viral #erectiledysfunction

26 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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Short YouTube video (shorts) by Anne Truong MD explaining how obesity contributes to erectile dysfunction. The speaker links excess weight to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, damage to the endothelium (blood-vessel lining), arterial narrowing from atherosclerosis, and reduced penile blood flow—mechanisms that can cause erectile dysfunction.

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Excess weight can also cause high blood pressure. Excess weight can also cause high cholesterol. And obesity can also damage blood vessels. The endothelium, which is that lining inside the blood vessel, making it more difficult for blood to flow to the penis. Again, when you have excess fat, which then build up around the artery, which is inside the opening of the arteries where your blood flow, it becomes narrow and it's harder for blood to go through, and that condition is called atherosclerosis.