Is masturbating without releasing actually damaging your
testicles? And if you're taking a daily pill like Cialis after
40, are you secretly making your ED worse in the long run? Today
we're talking about the warning signs your body is sending you
down there. From unexplained pain to the long-term side
effects of ED meds that nobody talks about, like hearing and
vision loss. Plus, I'll reveal why fixing your erections is
actually a lot simpler than you think, and why your body wants
to do it naturally. Let's get into it.
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
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"One thing I noticed that if I masturbate and don't release,
and if I repeat it like two out of three times, I see the
testicle area is wire painting. Feel that the testicle is
painful. Is it harmful?" You masturbate and you don't
release. Well, I'm not quite sure what question entails. So,
if you masturbate, you don't release. It shouldn't really
affect the testicles, and it shouldn't really cause any pain
to the testicle. I mean, a lot of men do not ejaculate with
orgasm, so that shouldn't be painful to your testicles.
Unless there are other things going on organically in your
testicle. So if your testicle is painful, you need to go see a
urologist, and you need to get ultrasound that testicle to see
if there's any type of blockage or any type of hydro seal. If
they're painting you, you need to find out that the structure
is okay. Sometimes it could be a plaque, sometimes it could be a
swelling in the testicle. But holding on to that ejaculation
shouldn't be painful to the testicle, all right. Lots of men
do that. My advice is, you go see your urologist and get some
imaging study done, because one thing you should not do, guys,
is that if your testicle is painful, don't sit on it. You
need to get evaluated, because it could be a clot, it could be
a cyst, it could be an infection, it could be cancer.
So all that can be evaluated through an ultrasound, and
sometimes maybe even the CT scan. But need to get evaluated.
If you don't, then you never know what's happening. Don't try
to treat it on your own, because if it's painful and it lingers,
it doesn't go away. You need to get it evaluated. Okay?
There's a question here about Cialis. "Is there any issue
taking Cialis at the low dose daily for a long period of time,
and definitely after the age of 40 in long-term studies?" Well,
why are you taking Cialis? Are you taking Cialis for ED? When
you say low dose, it's between 5 milligrams or 10 milligrams.
Every medication has the side effects. In fact, one of the
side effects of PDE-5 inhibitors, or medication like
Cialis and Viagra, you can have hearing loss, you can have
visual loss. Those are like the long-term side effects. It's the
thing that is common, hearing loss and visual loss. So you
have to consider the long-term side effects versus the benefit.
So, if you're taking Cialis low dose, you're taking it for
erection, but maybe you need to be looking at why you have ED,
and maybe is it a blood flow problem. Then, if it's a blood
flow problem, then you need to fix your diet and your exercise
and moderate your alcohol, stop smoking, and a good sleep
routine. Because medication does has a side effect. So if you
have ED, you want to work on the root cause of why you have ED.
And so there are definitely long-term side effects, hearing
loss and visual loss as well. So medication like Cialis or Viagra
should be taken as needed. However, I know that some men
take Cialis for prostate issues as well at low dose. So there
are some benefits, but if you can work at resolving the root
cause of your ED, you may not need to be on medication. Who
wants to take medication for long term every day? Because
your body don't need medication to have an erection when you are
younger. Why do your body need it now? If you need it now,
because it needs to be nurtured, it needs to be restored for it
to function properly. Every medication has a side effect
that you take it long term. But if you can restore your erection
with just treating the root cause, then you will not need
Cialis. So that comes along with that answer for that. Low dose,
even 2.5 milligrams, it's still a medication. Now just know that
when you take a medication, guys, it's something foreign in
the body. Medication is synthetic made, it's made in the
lab, so it's not made at the same component as organic stuff
that's in your body. And so anything that is non-organic or
anything that is synthetic, your body is going to react to it.
It's going to see it as a foreign substance in the body,
and it's going to react to it. So medication itself is not good
for your body, but the reason why we take medication is to
control the adverse effect of a condition that causes it. But if
you have a way to not take the medication, then that's the
better option, not to take the medication. Because if you take
the medication, you're gonna have to face with the side
effects of the medication on top of the benefit of the
medication. If you know what I'm talking about. Okay? So just be
aware of that. I'm not a big medication person at this time,
and I believe in that if you can treat the root cause of the
problem, then you don't need a medication for your body to
function.
Now, for a man to have an erection is really a natural
process. It's built into your body to have an erection. It's
like blinking, like blinking your eye. So it's built into
your body to have an erection since puberty, and it is one of
the oldest bodily functions for a human being. And in fact, your
brain has a dedicated center just for sexual function, and it
centered in the center between your ears and your eyes. It's
the deepest part of your brain, is the oldest part of your brain
that even salamander has this as well. So, where I'm getting at
this is that for a man to get an erection is innate part, it's a
primitive part of your body to be able to do this, and it's a
natural response. So, when something that is natural that
is built for you to work properly, when it's not working,
you need to fix that. You need to fix the why it's not working,
because your body is geared toward making it work. And so
your body wants you to have an erection, but if you're not
having it, then you need to find out why and fix that problem for
it to function again. As its basic, human beings are geared
towards reproduction, appropriation to continue the
human line, and your reaction is one of the most primitive
pathway for survival. And when it's not working, your body is
saying, "Hey, fix this, because there's something wrong." Your
body is giving you a warning sign there's something wrong,
something wrong that's going to affect your heart later on, it's
going to affect your brain later on, and so your body is saying
something's wrong, fix this. But you don't want to like take
another medication to cover it up, but if you cover it up, the
problem is only going to get worse. If you take ED medicine,
your ED is only going to get worse, it's not going to resolve
your ED. It's just a band aid for now. So just know that your
body wants you to have an erection, and you just need to
help it restore balance again. And oftentimes it's just as
simple as changing your diet, eating more healthy, like just
follow the Mediterranean diet. Mediterranean diet is
essentially just eat more vegetables, more fruit, lean
meat. Don't eat anything in a can or a bag. That's really it.
And then exercise, so what's exercise? Like walking 7000
steps a day, or 30 minutes a day, and walking up and down the
stairs, and doing squat three, four times a week. And if you
mind what you eat, and if you just do too simple exercise, you
will not gain weight. You will not gain weight. If you eat
healthy, you will not gain weight. It's when we don't
exercise and we start sitting there munching on chips. The
earth doesn't grow chips, the earth doesn't grow cookies,
earth doesn't grow cake or cereal.
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So you just feed your body. Body with the healthy component, and
it will start functioning again. Sometimes it's as easy as just
the diet and the exercise, getting adequate amount of sleep
at night, and stop doing stuff that is causing inflammation,
such as smoking and drinking too much alcohol, and can't stop
stress. Stress is going to be there, but moderate it. You can
moderate it. One of my coach says, I never thought about it
ways that stress is a perception, not a situation.
It's the perception stresses in your thought. It is in your
thought. So, if you get stressed about something, it's in your
thought. Now, if you were facing danger, physical danger, and
that's a different situation. But if it's not a physical
danger, then stress is really a perception. All right, just know
that fixing your erection may be easier than you think. Believe
it or not, sometimes when it's too easy, we don't believe it,
right? But take it from me, I work with more than 7000 men
with ED, and sometimes if the man just changed his diet, start
exercising, or start losing the weight, you will see the
testosterone level go up, and he's gonna start seeing more
morning wood again. And so I have seen it happen multiple
times, and trust me, I'm talking from experience, and sometimes
it's that simple. It does take work, eating healthy and
exercise, and all that take time away, take work from us,
especially nowadays. Essentially, guys, it's really,
you have a plate, fill it with either fish, chicken, pork, and
red meat, but just alternate it. Don't eat red meat every day,
alternate it with fish and chicken and pork, so that's half
of your plate. And the other half should be fruits and
vegetables. Any fruit, any vegetables, just fruit and
vegetables. Just eat what the earth grows for you, eat what
the earth gives you. Earth doesn't give you soda, earth
doesn't give you alcohol either. Alcohol is man made, right? So
if you just think of the plate like that, then makes everything
easier, you can eat a sandwich, it's okay, bread, you can't eat
a sandwich a day, or two slices a day, that's good. And for
dessert, eat fruit, sometimes that's really all you need. In
fact, you may even save more money if you follow that plan.
So it will give you more energy when you eat more healthy.
Because if you give your body what it needs, it will reward
you. It will reward you with more energy, weight loss, and
better sleep as well.
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