If your room sounds like it’s occupied by a backfiring car engine or a jet plane taking off, it’s because you snore and you snore loud. But this isn’t anything to be embarrassed about. Sure, it can definitely be annoying for anyone that has to listen to your snoring all night long, but a whopping 45 percent of the population snores, so you’re not alone. But if left unchecked, snoring can lead to complications elsewhere in the body, including the penis.
Yes, snoring can drastically affect things downstairs. According to the American Sleep Apnea Association, a group dedicated to studying sleep apnea (a.k.a. snoring), untreated snoring can lead to high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases. This is important because your penis requires blood, and lots of it, to achieve an erection. If your cardiovascular system struggles to pump blood throughout your body, your penis won’t be able to consistently receive enough blood for an erection, leading to missed opportunities and erectile dysfunction.
Snoring has also been found to play a serious role in sexual health, strange as that may sound. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that of the 18 million American men dealing with sleep apnea, 69 percent reported experiencing reduced sexual desire, and 46 percent reported experiencing reduced arousal.
Long story short; if left unchecked, your snoring can lead to erectile dysfunction, no sex drive, and the inability to be aroused.
Thankfully, sleep apnea can be treated. There are a variety of ways to beat snoring, but they all start with talking to your doctor. With the expertise of a medical professional, you can overcome your snoring, thus saving your erection, your sex drive, and the sleep schedule of those around you.