Sexual Health
What are the common reasons for decreased libido? Be careful with cold medicine to reduce your libido
Post Date April, 22 2023
It is well known that having high-quality sexual life cannot be achieved without the sexual desire of men and women. If sexual desire is poor, it can affect the quality of sexual life, leading to an impact on each other's emotions. There are many reasons in life that can affect the sexual desire of men and women. If we can avoid it in our daily lives, increasing sexual desire can also improve the quality of sexual life, making our relationship better and better.
What are the common reasons for decreased libido?
1. Contraceptive methods
After placing an intrauterine device, some women experience decreased libido due to an increase in menstrual blood volume, or an increase in hormones caused by oral contraceptives, which reduces vaginal secretions and causes vaginal dryness, leading to sexual pain and affected libido.
2. Marital relationship
A harmonious marital relationship can maintain each other's sexual desire level in a normal state. If a couple experiences conflicts, tense and disharmonious relationships can lead to a decrease in sexual desire, and even refuse to engage in normal sexual activity for various reasons.
3. High work pressure
Due to the fast pace of life and busy work, stress can cause emotional instability, and when one returns home, they are immersed in the pressure and unable to leave, resulting in an impact on sexual desire. This can prevent each other from fully engaging in sexual activity and prevent them from having high-quality sex.
4. Improper diet
Frequent overeating, smoking, and drinking are prone to decreased libido. Overeating and drinking can easily lead to obesity, and excessive fat content in the body can affect hormones and inhibit sexual function. Regular smoking and drinking can affect blood vessels, slow down blood flow, and lower metabolism. Especially when drinking alcohol, it can cause a person to experience pleasure in a short period of time. However, if consumed in excessive amounts, it can make behavior clumsy, speech unclear, and even cause testicular atrophy and decreased libido
5. Constipation
Some studies have found that women with chronic constipation will have decreased sexual desire, because their anal sphincter contracts too tightly, often accompanied by symptoms such as menstrual abdominal pain and vaginal spasm, which will indirectly lead to decreased sexual desire.
6. Indiscriminate medication
A variety of cold medicines, sedative hypnotics, or traditional Chinese medicine, some will lead to decreased libido. If there are substances such as pseudoephedrine in cold medicine, it can affect sexual desire; Sedative drugs can inhibit sexual arousal, leading to a decrease in hormone secretion; Drugs such as Zhimu and Huangbai can affect sexual nerves.
