Two recent studies – the latest from University of Miami – appear to indicate that men who have had Covid may be more prone to impotence than those who have not. There was evidence of the virus in penile tissue even six-eight months after recovery
Covid-19 appears to have brought with it a host of related ailments. We’ve all heard about mucormycosis, pneumonia and other post-infection complications. Now, a study by the University of Miami has found a connection between Covid and impotence.
Researchers at the university’s Miller School of Medicine studied four male subjects – two who had had Covid, and two who hadn’t – and found that the men who had tested positive, had evidence of the virus in their penile tissue almost six to eight months after they had recovered (the other two didn’t). The virus had affected the penile tissue, called endothelium, to such an extent that it had caused erectile dysfunction (ED). The two men did not have ED before. But it was so severe post-Covid, that they had to undergo penile implant surgery – which is what gave the university team an opportunity to collect tissue samples.
Researchers at the university’s Miller School of Medicine studied four male subjects – two who had had Covid, and two who hadn’t – and found that the men who had tested positive, had evidence of the virus in their penile tissue almost six to eight months after they had recovered (the other two didn’t). The virus had affected the penile tissue, called endothelium, to such an extent that it had caused erectile dysfunction (ED). The two men did not have ED before. But it was so severe post-Covid, that they had to undergo penile implant surgery – which is what gave the university team an opportunity to collect tissue samples.