The effect of hookah smoking on male potency is the whole truth

A cozy club hall, quiet voices, fragrant smoke - all this creates an atmosphere of peace and attracts smokers. Many people naively believe that the effect of hookah on potency and on health in general is much lower than that of nicotine and alcohol. The number of visitors to hookah lounges is growing, and this type of pastime is gaining popularity.

Mechanism of action on health

When smoking a hookah, which many consider even useful, the smoke does not enter the lungs directly. It passes through a flask filled with liquid and becomes wet and heavy. As a result, a large amount of harmful sediments settles on the walls of the lungs, including not only resins, but also heavy metals.

The liquid does not have time to cool the combustion product, as a result of which the risk of burning the respiratory tract increases, the tobacco does not dissolve and enters the body, causing harm to it.

Many people turn to hookah to achieve euphoria. It has been proven that the toxins contained in the steam are the cause of this condition. Once in the blood, they stimulate a strong release of adrenaline, as a result of which a mild attack of tachycardia occurs, and the perception of the surrounding world changes.

Why is hookah harmful for men?

The opinion that hookah smoking allows smokers to prevent nicotine from entering the bloodstream is wrong. A number of tobacco varieties contain even more harmful substances than cigarettes. Moreover, hookah smoking takes about an hour, while a cigarette is smoked in 3-5 minutes.

Addiction to this type of smoking has a negative impact, hookah is harmful to a man's health for a number of reasons:

• There is a blockage in the airways and lungs;
• There is a possibility of poisoning with carbon monoxide containing lead, arsenic and other harmful substances;
• Blood circulation is impaired by the resin that clogs blood vessels;
• Decreased oxygen supply to the brain;
• Has a negative effect on the digestive system, liver, kidneys;
• The likelihood of developing chronic vascular and heart diseases increases;
• Shortness of breath appears with fast walking and vigorous movements;
• There is a risk of developing bronchitis, developing into a chronic form;
• Infections, including genital infections, are transmitted through saliva when smoking a hookah together using one mouthpiece;
• Eye membranes become inflamed, dry eye syndrome appears;
• Toxins, provoking the development of malignant neoplasms, settle on the mucous membranes of the pharynx and stomach;
• The functioning of the body's defense system is significantly reduced;
• Difficulty conceiving and infertility arise;
• Smoking tobacco mixtures in an alcoholic state doubles the harm done;
• Hookah smoke can cause the same acute addiction as cigarette smoke;
• A person becomes both a passive and an active smoker - while smoking a hookah, the room is filled with smoke, and the effect on the body is doubled.

Particular harm from hookah smoking appears if you use artisanal mixes. It is impossible to check their composition, they can contain any substances, including 100% poisonous. It is impossible to predict the consequences of smoking dangerous tobacco, but it is obvious that there will be harm to health, and in a short time.

Is there a benefit?

• A smell that does not irritate non-smokers around and may even seem pleasant to some;
• Lack of special paper for smoking, which also has negative properties;
• Hookah tobacco is usually of very high quality (widely available and sold in any tobacco shop);
• No bitter taste when smoking.

All of the above points are more about social benefits than medical benefits, so the decision whether to smoke hookah or not is solely for the smoker.

How does hookah affect potency?

Any recommendations on the prevention of impotence contain a clause that says about the need to quit bad habits. Because it is they who provoke a decrease in sexual function, lower libido and can lead to a complete loss of male power. Hookah smoking is no exception. The systematic inhalation of fragrant smoke leads to a serious weakening of sexual performance.

Studies have proven that hookah affects potency in the following way:

• Hookah based on wine or cognac leads to intoxication of the body, which negatively affects all systems;
• Regular smoking of tobacco leads to weakening of the muscles of the penis, this makes an erection sluggish and incomplete;
• Vessels are clogged, the work of the vascular system is disrupted, these are the most common causes of impotence, especially in adulthood;
• Young people may feel a strong emotional desire, but because the corpus cavernosum does not fill with blood, an erection does not occur;
• Complete erectile dysfunction develops.

The opinion that hookah is useful for potency is based on the fact that men who use hookah with herbs feel increased sexual desire during the first days and believe that this effect will always persist. However, this is only the primary stimulating effect of hookah on erection, which occurs according to the following scheme.

• Smoke containing herbs after entering the lungs affects the nerve centers, reducing the feeling of anxiety and tension, a state of calmness and euphoria comes;
• At the same time, there is a stimulation of the muscles of the penis, due to which physiological arousal occurs;
• Feelings during intimacy can become brighter and "richer" emotionally.

Such an action inspires men, and they begin to resort to hookah smoking as a stimulant. However, soon the effect decreases, and over time it becomes the opposite - lethargy appears, libido decreases, desire and interest in sex are lost. If you start the situation, then in the future you will have to contact a sex therapist for the treatment of erectile dysfunction.

Potential consequences

In youth, it seems that health problems are the lot of those who have crossed the forty-year threshold, so young men constantly experiment with themselves, believing that diseases and impotence will arise much later and without thinking about the future.

However, hookah is dangerous for men at any age. Regular smoking leads to poor potency already in adolescence, moreover, there is no strength left for a long sexual intercourse. The maximum duration is 10-15 minutes. Such signs can be found even before the age of 30.

When smoking a hookah about once a month, problems with potency will arise later, but, most likely, in combination with infertility. Also, such a hobby can lead to constant headaches and nausea due to the death of some of the brain cells.

What do the doctors say?

Doctors have a negative attitude to hookah smoking. Numerous studies and experiments have proved that the answer to the question of whether hookah affects potency is unambiguous: such an addiction causes irreparable harm to the body. Chronic diseases affecting various organs and systems are often a consequence of the addiction to hookah smoking. The usual duration of smoking one portion is an hour, and some doctors believe that hookah outweighs the negative effects of cigarettes.

This is especially true for all forms of diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract. Smokers who report that they do not touch cigarettes, but indulge in hookah, also suffer from various acute and chronic pathologies. The significant influence of hookah on the development of oncopathologies, vascular ailments and disorders of the brain is also confirmed.

IMPORTANT: clinicians emphasize the danger of hookahs on alcohol or with the addition of marijuana. Despite the primary relaxing effect, the effects of addiction are often difficult to heal and cause a lot of trouble for smokers. Hookah smoking and good potency are mutually exclusive concepts, even though light drugs can increase cravings for the first few days.

In the future, any smoker, one way or another, will have problems with sexual arousal. Tobacco has a complex effect, and not only reduces blood flow, which prevents erection. Harmful substances weaken the prostate, reduce endurance, negatively affect the central nervous system. All this can provoke erectile dysfunction caused by various reasons. Therefore, doctors urge to refrain from smoking hookah, or to use this type of entertainment as little as possible.