Vaping increases your risk of erectile dysfunction, scientists warn
MEN who use e-cigarettes are at risk of erectile dysfunction, experts have warned.
Now doctors say that more research needs to be done into different types of e-cigarette products in order to determine what impact they have on men's sexual health.
Most men occasionally fail to get an erection and this can be caused be a variety of things.
Erectile dysfunction can be caused by stress, tiredness, anxiety or drinking too much, the NHS says.
Experts say that there has always been a link between smoking, erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular disease and the NHS says that one way to help erectile dysfunction is to stop smoking.
Writing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, experts said men between 20 and 65 years of age with no prior history of cardiovascular disease and who use e-cigarettes are twice as likely as men who have never used the devices to report erectile dysfunction.
The experts say that erectile dysfunction was seen in patients who used e-cigarettes regardless of age.
Researchers say that people who used the devices should be informed of the possible link between erectile dysfunction and the use of e-cigarettes.
Lead author of the study and professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone, Omar El Shahawy said the link needed to be investigated further.
"Our findings underscore the need to conduct further studies to contextualise the e-cigarette use pattern that is relatively safer than smoking.
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Compared to those who never used e-cigarettes, daily users were more than two times more likely to report having erecticle dysfunction.
There was also a significant association between the use of e-ciagrettes and erectile dysfunction among respondents aged 20 to 65.
These people had a normal Body Mass Index (BMI) and had no prior risk of cardio vascular illness, suggesting that the association between erectile dysfunction and e-cigarettes is also in 'healthy people'.
The experts added that the study was however limited as it was based on self-reported data.
Participants also did not have to disclose if they were on certain medications such as antidepressants or beta blockers which are associated with erectile dysfunction.
E-cigarettes and vapes are used to help people stop smoking.
The NHS says that many thousands of people in the UK have already stopped smoking with the devices.
They can help you manage your nicotine cravings and a 2019 study found that people using them, with face-to-face support were twice as likely to quit smoking.
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A study also previously found that e-cigarette users were 15 per cent more likely to have a stroke at middle-age than smokers.
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