Although many sites and articles claim that masturbation is a healthy behavior, they condemn excessive masturbation. Being addictive, people who masturbate become slaves to the behavior and like to do it excessively. It is almost similar to drug addiction. The health demerits of masturbation mainly occur from excessive masturbation. Remember, excessive masturbation is the result of an addiction that is actually difficult to control. Some of the health demerits are explained below.
Men
Prostatitis: this is an inflammation of the prostrate gland. The swelling is the result of regular filling and emptying of the gland and erections. The enlarged prostate stores fluids that pass out after or during urination, causing an itchy sensation and sometimes causing a urinary tract infection.
Parasympathetic nerve weakness: This nerve plays an important role in maintaining a firm erection and retaining semen. Excessive masturbation weakens this nerve, and as a result, erection and ejaculation control is lost.
Weakening of the pubococcygeus muscle (PC muscle): Masturbation weakens the PC muscles. Both sexes have this muscle but when it weakens it affects a man’s sex life. The PC muscle controls urination and ejaculation. A weakened PC muscle causes another sexual health disorder called semen leakage. Semen leakage is a condition where semen oozes or flows easily with the slightest erection. Sometimes urine also drips uncontrollably.
Hormonal imbalance: Excessive masturbation produces excessive secretion of hormones such as dopamine, neurotransmitters, and serotonin. These hormones are harmful to a man’s sexual strength and often cause premature ejaculation.
Infertility – Excessive masturbation results in regular and excessive ejaculation. As a result, the sperm count and quality are reduced and can lead to infertility.
Premature ejaculation: it is caused by the enlargement of the prostrate gland that lets out the semen when waking up. After premature ejaculation, stiffness is lost. The penis in its weak state cannot penetrate.
Women
Foreign bodies, these are toys and instruments used for masturbation. Some women ended up undergoing surgery when the objects they used to masturbate got stuck in their private parts.
The effects of the vibrator, the strong vibration force, causes fatigue and damage to such parts as: the G-spot, the sphincter muscle, the splanchnic nerves and the bladder. Most women use strong vibratory energy to get quick results without knowing the damage they cause.
Irritation: rubbing at high speed is one way to speed up masturbation. Whether internally or externally, rubbing causes irritation. The vaginal tissues and lining most of the time feel itchy after masturbation. This increases the chances of contracting sexually transmitted infections and vaginal complications.
Decreased sexual pleasure: Masturbation damages the vaginal lining, nervous system, G-spot, and clitoris. During actual sex with the opposite partner, the climax becomes elusive and thus the sexual pleasure is reduced.
According to online views, most of the victims became addicted easily and are masturbating too much. As it is medically said that ‘prevention is better than cure’, it is wise to prevent this habit before it causes additional problems in your overall sexual self.