{"id":16953,"date":"2021-11-09T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=16953"},"modified":"2021-11-09T13:00:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T13:00:40","slug":"does-covid-affect-libido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sexual-health\/does-covid-affect-libido\/","title":{"rendered":"Does COVID Affect Libido?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the after-effects of COVID-19 is that many men are experiencing libido problems. <\/span><\/p>\n

That brings up the question of whether COVID-19 affects reproductive organs. The answer is yes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Virus patients can develop both short and long-term sexual issues and it can cause erectile dysfunction (ED) and reproductive issues too, according to one study.
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The virus has been found in the testicles, proving it could affect both testosterone and sperm production.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, that is where doctors end consideration as they are unsure of the link between the virus and ED. <\/span><\/p>\n

COVID-19 is known to cause issues with blood vessels, resulting in a high inflammation level. <\/span><\/p>\n

This can cause blood clots and those, combined with blood vessel inflammation can cause blood flow problems. <\/span><\/p>\n

Blood flow is highly important in gaining an erection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Virus Stress<\/span><\/h2>\n

It’s been documented that COVID-19 results in psychological and physiologic stress and that can lead to more stress hormones released as well as lower testosterone levels. <\/span><\/p>\n

Testosterone loss can lead to penile tissue fibrosis. <\/span>That is hard to reverse and difficult to manage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Impact on Testicles<\/span><\/h2>\n

Research shows that the virus impacts testicles because it enters the cells by using a protein that is abundant there. <\/span><\/p>\n

Once inside the testicles, the virus is suspected of causing decreased testosterone levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Can You Do?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Several ways exist where you can lessen the impact of COVID on your life and sexual performance. <\/span><\/p>\n

Taking Vitamins C, D, and zinc are known as solid preventive measures to avoid getting COVID-19 and are also being promoted as good after-care vitamins to take to reduce long-term symptoms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Try to take the stress out of your life. While life may never be “normal” again after COVID-19, you can reduce your anxiety, improve your health, and hopefully that will help your sexual function to return to normal as well.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the after-effects of COVID-19 is that many men are experiencing libido problems. That brings up the question of whether COVID-19 affects reproductive organs. The answer is yes.\u00a0 Virus patients can develop both short and long-term sexual issues and it can cause erectile dysfunction (ED) and reproductive issues too, according to one study. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[689],"tags":[1195,1192,716],"class_list":["post-16953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sexual-health","tag-covid","tag-covid-19","tag-sexual-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}