Can hemorrhoids cause impotence or any penile dysfunction?

0209510 · Newbie Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 1

Hi,

I occasionally suffer from Hemorrhoids, and have been told that they can cause impotence.

Nothing I have read about Hemorrhoids seems to correlate with this, but it would but my mind at great ease if a medical professional could dispell the notion for me.

Or is there any link?

I have no problems getting it up-it lives in that state-but am worried about potential future problems.

Thanks,

0209510

lucky29 · Silver Member Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 191

Sorry man, I reckon you’ve been wrongly tipped! I can’t see the way hemorrhoids could possible be causing erectile problems especially because they occur in the rectum, which has nothing to do with getting it up!

I have extreme constipations and hemorrhoids problems. I’ve had it for years! Sometimes I would pray I didn’t feel like taking dump because I know it would take the crap out of me, heh!

However, I have never experienced erection problems. Erection occurs when blood flows into penile structures upon stimulation of any kind and has anything do to with veins and blood vessels in the rectum and around anus.

Drfeelgood · Newbie Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 1

I had erectile dysfunction for a couple of years. Somehow my doctors thought that this was not going to last long, because all my test came in ok. But it lasted almost 2 years. My doctors thought it was an overactive bladder and gave me flomax . It worked for the erection only because it relaxes your muscles. He also gave me some viagra. I mentioned to my doctor once that my anal area is always painful and itchy. I asked him if it has anything to do with my erectile dysfunction or overactive bladder. He said that they do share the same nerve system, although he doubts if thats the cause. After going to see so many doctors and going through so many test. I finally decided to see a colon specialist and have my hemorrhoids removed by banding. Within a few weeks, I was feeling better. Within 2 months I have stopped all medications. I made love to my wife everyday this week. All natural, no viagra, no flomax. I would say I am close to 100 percent recovered. I plan on going back to see my doctors in about a month and report what I have gone through. I hope this will help other men as well.

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I suffered from erectile dysfunction for almost 2 years. My doctors could not figure out the cause. They think it is an overactive bladder so they gave me flomax. It helped with the erection, because it relaxes your muscles. But i did not want to take flomax for the rest of my life. My doctor also gave me some viagra. I onced told my urologist that my anal area was always painful and itchy. I asked him if it had anything to do with my erectile dysfunction. He said that they shared the same nerve system, but he doubts if they are related. I read somewhere that erectile dysfunction can be cause by a lot of things including problems with your nervous system. If I had hemorrhoids that are painful, then they must be causing problems on my nervous system down there. So I finally went to see a colon specialist. She removed my hemorrhoids with a procedure called banding. Within a few weeks , I started to feel better. I stopped all medications. Within a couple months I feel like I have recovered 100 percent. I made love to my wife everyday this week. All natural, no viagra or flomax. I plan to go see my doctor and report what had happened. I hope this will help other men.

j1a · Newbie Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 2

[quote="lucky29"]Sorry man, I reckon you’ve been wrongly tipped! I can’t see the way hemorrhoids could possible be causing erectile problems especially because they occur in the rectum, which has nothing to do with getting it up!

The errection process does indeed have some of its first stages performed in the anus. The brain tells the body to prepare for sex by sending chemical signals to the nervous system. The chemical signals are then picked up by the circulatory system. An increase in blood pressure is performed by blood vessels constricting. This constricting of the blood vessels around the anus & rectum increases blood pressure in the penis...

The blood vessels there begin to constrict thus not allowing the blood to flow out back to the heart. It is this function that actually begins the erection process. As the constriction of the vessels begins the penis then begins to fill up with blood & waal laah... You get it up...

Having Hemorrhoids can have an effect on the errection process in two ways.

(1) Shared nerves, & Pain receptors in the nerve endings in the rectum, anus, & anal sphincter can dampen the nervous systems response to the increased sex hormones...

Thus not allowing the chemical message from the brain to get to blood vessels in the anus to constrict to allow the penis to become erect. This is due to pain receptors being set off in the anus.

The central nervous system will always give precedence to pain receptors. As they are a part of the bodies natural defense mechanism . Pain signals take precedence over all other signals being sent by the central nervous system.. Except for in involuntary things like keeping your heart beating & lungs breathing.

(2) Blood flow. If the first process which is sent by the central nervous system to the circulatory system fails to materialize due to pain receptors being set off in the anus & anal sphincter then the constriction of blood vessels never actually begins... You will not be able to get a very strong errection... If at all The whole process is very dependent on each other...

If you have hemorrhoids that are interfering with getting an errection get they treated. Hemorrhoids alone are no fun if they are bad enough to affect your ability to have sex then this is far too much punishment for one man to have to endure...

I am not a doctor just someone who has had my own struggles with these issues & had to do alot of rescearch to get my answers. In the end once the hemorrhoids were healed then my erections came back..

j1a · Newbie Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 2

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