Health Care

For some people, smoking can cause dependence, they felt unable to think or continue the activity without smoking. But you know, but can cause heart disease, liver disorders, stroke, cancer, leukemia, and various other malignancies, it turns out cigarettes can also lead to erectile dysfunction, so it can shorten the penis size.

According to research studies from Boston University School of Medicine, involving 200 participants were male smokers, smokers had an average shortening of the penis by 1 cm. “This is the largest-ever study of smoking-related sexual sensitivity,” said Dr. Pedram Salimpour, one of the researchers of this study.

According to Dr. Salimpour, the negative effect of smoking on the penis as well as the influence of smoking on the heart. This is a blood vessel damage, which makes the blood flow is inhibited. All this influenced the effect of elastin, a protein of elastic connective tissue and allows the tissues in the body to return to its original shape after stretching or contraction. In this case, elastin affects the ability of penile erection. Dr. Salimpour re-explain, elastin can stretch like rubber. This is what happens to the penis as a result of increased blood flow.

Smoking can damage the body’s ability to stretch it, so it can affect the size of the penis and erectile capacity. But researchers could not determine how many cigarettes can damage the elastin and shorten the penis size.

“This still requires further study, but it seems the dangers of cigarettes are more susceptible to the penis rather than the heart,” explains Dr. Salimpour. According to him, this was due to existing blood vessels in the penis is much smaller than the vein in the liver. Existing blood vessels in the liver measuring 1.5 mm, while the penile blood vessels 1 mm or less precisely measuring 0.5 mm.

Worse, Dr.. Salimpour explained, there is a possibility that the same could occur in passive smokers. But this requires further study. To avoid this happening to you or people around you, then begin to lead a healthy life without cigarettes from now, before it becomes remorse.