Does high blood pressure reduce sexual function?

Hypertension may lead to decreased sexual function in men.

Hypertension is caused by blood pressure on the walls of blood vessels that is consistently higher than normal. The main clinical symptoms are headache, arrhythmia, chest distress, etc. If not treated in time, long-term hypertension may also cause systemic vascular damage, if damage to the blood vessels of men's sexual organs, resulting in decreased vascular elasticity and relaxation ability, affecting local blood flow and tissue oxygen supply, it will affect male penile tissue congestion and erectile function, resulting in decreased sexual function, mostly manifested as erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation and other symptoms.