Why Having Prolonged Sexual Intercourse Can Make Men Impotent -- Urologists

  

 

Men have been warned against having prolonged sexual activity over hours and even days (marathon sex), as it could lead to permanent impotence.

According to experts in the field of urology, a branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary-tract system and the reproductive organs, marathon sex complicated by penile fracture and persistent erection also known as priapism that is left untreated can cause permanent impotence.

Priapism is a condition that happens when the blood in the penis gets trapped and could not drain.

The urologists noted that the condition if not immediately treated, could lead to scarring and permanent erectile dysfunction.


Dr. Gabriel Ogah, a Consultant Urologist, told PUNCH correspondent that engaging in ‘marathon’ sex might even lead to death.

The Urologist hile explaining further on the inherent dangers of marathon sex said:

 “Of course, marathon sex can cause death and ill health. It can worsen your heart disease if you are not fit for it.

“Marathon sex can lead to priapism especially when you are taking drugs, it can lead to penile fracture. And both of them can lead to permanent impotence.

“Marathon sex can cause permanent impotence if it is complicated by penile fracture and priapism which are not treated expeditiously.

“Priapism is the excessive erection of the penis which does not come down. It is defined as the inappropriate election of the penis. If someone takes drugs to have marathon sex, the penis may refuse to go down thereafter.”

According to him, a lot of young people are now taking sex-enhancing drugs.

“That is not advisable. Nowadays, I see a lot of young people who take sex enhancers, they get priapism.

“This year alone, I have operated on four people who were having sex and their joysticks refused to come down.

“The penis becomes long, about 12 inches long, it doesn’t come down at all. You have to operate on them before they can come down. Then in the past two years, I have treated people who when they are having sex because of the way and manner, the position, they had a penile fracture”, he said.

The Urologist while calling for caution during sexual intercourse, said that when the penis is erect, it can break like a stick.

He noted, “I operated on one four months ago, and not only that the penis break into two, but the urethra also broke into two. I have to first of all repair the urethra before I repair the penis.

“Marathon sex can lead to penile fracture, especially if the lady is on top and is intoxicated by the sex and she is wiggling buttocks around.

“The penis will just break into two, it will bend. That one needs surgery. If the surgery is not done within 24 hours, the person will never have an erection for life.”

Ogah frowned at the rate at which young people get involved in marathon sex and are coming down with penile fractures.

“We are not having this problem with mature people. Young people are the ones having this problem. Those between the ages of 18 to 30 years are the most affected”, he noted

He counseled, “Don’t take sex-enhancing drugs which are not medically prescribed. Don’t take any sex-enhancing drugs without a doctor’s prescription.”