If you've stopped waking up with morning wood, or you're noticing
an unusual softness down there, ignoring it could be the most
dangerous thing you do for your heart. We're tackling a viewer's
question about these exact symptoms, and here is the hard
truth: erectile dysfunction isn't just a bedroom problem, it
is often a massive flashing red light for hidden issues like
diabetes, high cholesterol, and future heart attacks. Today, I
am breaking down the specific blood test your urologist needs
to run right now, the exact lifestyle changes that fix the
root cause, and the daily physical routines, including
testicle massages and penis pumps, that will help you
restore your health and your confidence. Let's dive in.
This podcast is for you, the Modern Man. I'm Dr Anne Truong,
your host. I'm an intimate health medical doctor and best
selling author of the book, Erectile Dysfunction Fix. I'll
do a deep dive into sexual health and performance and how
it affects men of all ages and backgrounds. So let's get
started, and be sure to visit my website at
sexualhealthformenpodcast.com for more information and
resources from the show. See you on the inside.
"Hello, Doctor. I haven't had morning wood, and my penis and
testicles always feel soft. What does that mean in general? I'm
56 years old. Do I have to see a urologist to get my testosterone
looked at?" Well, the short answer to that, yes. If you are
noticing that things are not well down there, you definitely
need to go see a urologist or sexual health specialist doctor
on getting blood work. Every man, guys over 40, get your
blood work done. I can't tell you how many times I see men
with ED and they don't know that they even have diabetes, or they
don't know that they have high cholesterol. All those
conditions can add to your ED condition. Okay, so if you're
over 40, please go get blood work, because if you have
undiagnosed blood sugar or undiagnosed high cholesterol,
it's really on you. Because it can be reversed. You need to get
blood work done. So yes, get your blood work done. Make sure
you get your testosterone level check, total testosterone, free
testosterone, sex hormone binding globulin, and get that
checked, along with the blood sugar, cholesterol, liver
function test, kidney function test. So those are the main
things.
If you haven't had morning wood, and I don't know what you mean,
my penis and testicle feel soft. I don't know what that means
compared to it was before. If the testicles are different
texture, softer than it was before, little firm, kind of
like an egg texture, and you definitely need to go see a
urologist to get an ultrasound check. Don't ignore it, guys.
Know your body and be attuned to your body, because if you feel
that your testicle is softer than it was before, get it
checked out. Okay, we are living in 2026 we're not living in
1906. So get it checked out. There are tests that can be done
easily that can look at view an image of the testicles, even the
penis, and everything to see if something's wrong with it.
Sometimes it could be cancer, it could be cyst, so it could be
several things. You need to get that check out. And sometimes it
could even be testicles, prodigation, where the testicles
are kind of shrinking and dying away. Then you need to get that
evaluated. Okay? And penis as well. If you feel it more soft,
is it because it's soft, because it had low testosterone. Because
when testosterone level is low, it will affect the size of the
penis, as well as your reaction, because the penis muscle depend
upon testosterone. It has a lot of testosterone receptor in the
penis, and when testosterone levels low in your blood, it's
going to affect your penis function as well. Definitely get
checked, get examined by your doctor, and get blood work done,
and see what's going on. You know, know your body, all you
guys, all the men.
I suggest any man over 20, or even 18, do testicle exam. Use
your two fingers and just examine your testicles to go
around, examine the borders of your testicle, examine the
texture of your testicles, even go up and feel what the
testicles connect to the piping that connect to the prostate,
because the testicles where testosterone is made where your
sperm is made, and then the sperm gets released and gets
stored in the sac here that connected the prostate, but then
the testosterone that's made in your testicle goes to the
bloodstream, and that's how you get your testosterone, right? So
your factory, or your manhood, is really from here. From the
testicle here, and then in the penis, there's a lot of like
receptor. Think of a receptor like the hole for the key, and
the testosterone is a key, and the whole of the key is the
penis here, and testosterone will go in that hole and open up
the door, or open up more blood flow in the penis. So
testosterone can affect the integrity of your penis as well,
but it's not the main thing. Low testosterone does not mean that
it's going to cause ED. It may affect the function of your
penis, but does not mean that it will cause ED. Many factors can
cause ED.
I will tell you that the most common cause of ED is really
alcohol. I drink a lot of alcohol, cigarette smoking,
obesity, overweight, and then diabetes, and high blood
pressure. So it's really lifestyle factors, and that, you
can stop from that. I know it's not easy, but you can
definitely, you do have a choice on that. So the most common
cause of ED is something that you can choose to stop. And then
following my dad's diabetes, of being overweight. So, the point
that I'm trying to say is that if you're overweight, or how do
you lose weight? You eat better by following the Mediterranean
diet and start exercising, that's how you lose weight.
Definitely get checked, and get your testosterone level checked.
Testosterone is made here, it affects the penis, also affect
the prostate. Remember, I mentioned that low testosterone
will also enlarge prostate, and also high testosterone will also
irritate the prostate. If you're on a testosterone
supplementation and the clinic, if you like a dose that's very
high and your level is above 1000 well, that testosterone
gets converted in your body to an inflammation testosterone
called dihydrotestosterone, or DHT. And DHT is be too much, and
will cause enlargement of the prostate here as well, and then
also it will cause hair loss. So there's a different receptor in
the hair that is sensitive to DHT that will cause hair loss.
So when you're on testosterone supplementation, just make sure
that you get your blood work at least once or twice a year to
know what your levels are, and don't try to manage it yourself.
You need to follow up with a doctor when you're doing
testosterone supplementation. Because high or low level can
really mess your body up.
Also follow up and say, well, shrinkage having problem with
shrinkage. Well, when you have low testosterone, you will
notice that the fetus will shrink a little bit, because
remember I said that the penis muscle has the receptor or the
keyhole, the keyhole for the key, the testosterone is the
key, and there's a key hole that's on the penis. So if the
penis may become softer or shrink a little bit, but not
having an erection will also shrink the penis a little bit
too. So, if you have ED and you're not having an erection,
because either you don't use a penis pump or you don't
masturbate. Because if you don't have an erection, your penis
muscle kind of actually start to atrophy or shrink, and then scar
tissue was set into the muscle, so that way it's harder to get
an erection next time. And then when you don't get an erection,
the penis muscle is not getting enough oxygen, not being
expanded. In a way, you don't get an erection, you are putting
yourself at risk for having more difficult erection in the
future, and when you have more difficult eruption in the
future, kind of hard to get an erection, right? So, for a man,
if you have ED, you should pump every other day, use a penis
pump, and that penis pump will give you an erection. Leave the
erection in the cylinder for 10 minutes. Pump to get an
erection, so that way you can exercise your penis. If you
don't exercise your penis, penis gonna shrink, and then the penis
is gonna have scar tissue. So, if you're not having intercourse
three times a week, use the penis pump. Go to this link
right here, ED No More.com or scan the QR code here to get
either the manual penis pump that we have or the electric
penis pump. It is literally taking your penis to the gym. It
is a penis exerciser and taking your penis to the gym for that.
Okay? So that's a good question about shrink it. What can you do
things for shrinkage. You can use your penis pump, get your
testosterone levels check, do testicle massage, testicle
massage right here. Because when you do testicle massage, the
massage itself will also increase blood flow to the
testicles, so you may make more testosterone naturally with
testicle massage. Okay? Know your testosterone level guy.
Because you can, if your testosterone level is low, then
you can get a supplement it through either testosterone
injection or testosterone pellet, and now even
testosterone orally, you can even get testosterone as a gel
as well, too. You can put it as a gel. But my favorite is
testosterone pellet. And then followed by injection. Okay? So
the key. Is know your level and that you do have choices, and
that how do you treat the root cause of ED is by following the
Mediterranean diet, and exercise, walking three times a
week, four times a week, get adequate sleep, seven hours of
sleep at nighttime, sleep between 10pm to 6am and then
stress reduction. And stress reduction, you can do that with
box breathing, can do the things that you enjoy, even sometimes
when you exercise, it's also a stress relief as well. Guys, we
are social beings, be around with people that make you feel
good and make you feel loved, and you give love as well. That
is a stress reduction. So, check out the Mediterranean diet, you
can find that at Eat for No ED.com or you can check out the
QR code here.
And really, that is a secret to getting your sex life back. Take
time, take up to three to six months, but you're not only
doing this to get your erection back, you're doing this really
for your health, because we know that men with ED, five to seven
years down the road, you're going to get a heart attack. And
5% is fatal, meaning you get a heart attack, and you die from.
So treating your ED now will actually save your life later on
the future. And be happy about that, because women don't have
feedback like that. We women notice more in symptoms of
harder to get erection and dryness, to know that we are
having ED, you guys know that you have ED, and it's really
Mother Nature's way of saying we have ED, the future you're going
to have heart issues, and you may even have incidences of
mortality, so do something about it now. So it's really your
warning sign that you need to make changes to your diet and
your exercise to be healthier, or else you're not going to be
able to have sexual performance. So, it's Mother Nature way of
telling you, get back, be healthy, or else you're not
gonna be able to perform.
Okay, Modern Man. If you're struggling with weak erection,
low energy, the food you eat could be the big part of the
problem. One of the best research pathways to boost
circulation, support healthy testosterone and improve sexual
performance is the Mediterranean diet. It's packed with food that
open up your blood vessel, lower inflammation, and fuel your
hormone, naturally. I've seen men notice real improvement in
both energy and erection within weeks when they shift to this
style of eating. So check out the Mediterranean diet link
right here below, and get that as soon as you can. Stronger
testosterone and better erection.
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