Patient's question:
Hello, I am a freshman student.I have been masturbating for four years, since June 2005. I noticed my penis wasn’t as hard as before and had very few erections. After stopping masturbation for over a month, I started getting morning erections that were very hard. However, in September, I lost control and masturbated again. My penis became less hard than before and had very few erections, and I also felt some pain in my lower waist. My girlfriend visited me for half a month, and we only had intimate moments. I didn’t dare to have sex because I was afraid I had some problem. Is this okay? Now, I really don’t know what to do. I sincerely hope a doctor can help me. Thank you so much!!!
Doctor's answer:
As long as you timely masturbation, strengthen exercise, improve diet, and drink more water appropriately, you can control it well. There may be issues like disharmony between the heart and kidneys, insufficient blood in the heart, deficiency of both the heart and spleen, blood deficiency, qi deficiency, liver qi stagnation, heart and liver fire excess, blood stasis, and damage to the spleen due to excessive worry and pensiveness. It is recommended that you first go to the hospital for a check-up to rule out any organic changes. If it is not organic, finding an experienced traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to take some nourishing herbal decoctions may help improve the condition.