Consultant urologist Dr George Lee Eng Geap, or a.k.a Dr G, enlightens a environment-conscious reader on one of the contentious causes of erectile dysfunction – environmental pollutants such as microplastics – in men.
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00:00Today, we're going to deal with one really topical subject, which actually describing
00:05a cause of ED or potential cause of ED caused by mycoplastic.
00:18Recently, in the news, there was some report of men who actually underwent erectile dysfunction
00:24procedure, which is the insertion of penile prosthesis, was noted to have significant
00:30level of mycoplastic in the penile tissues.
00:35In fact, this study actually was published just in the month of June, highlighting that
00:39six men who underwent the actual procedures for the insertion of penile prosthesis, at
00:45the same time, some samples were taken from the penile erectile tissues.
00:50And it was noted that all six individual has got mycoplastics embedded into the erectile
00:56tissues.
00:57What exactly is mycoplastic?
01:00In fact, mycoplastic is when the actual particles, what's supposed to be inert that is in our
01:05ecosystem, which is less than five millimeters.
01:09And all these mycoplastics actually has two types.
01:13One type is the one that actually deliberately put into the sort of things that we use.
01:19For example, shampoos and also lotions.
01:22On the other hand, the second type of mycoplastics is actually the type of mycoplastics that
01:28is degenerated from the bigger form of plastics and eventually drain into the ecosystem.
01:36And when it is in the soil and in the air and also in the water, this is consumed by
01:43various form of ecosystem and is actually contracted into our body in a form of touch,
01:50inhalation and ingestions.
01:53So in a way, we can assume that mycoplastic is all around us.
01:59And does that cause erectile dysfunction?
02:02The answer is we don't know.
02:05Because when we find these mycoplastics in the erectile tissues, we have to make assumption
02:11that that itself may cause obstruction of the blood vessels, degradations of erectile
02:17tissues or even to some extent, inflammation.
02:22So for the second installation of putting Dr. G on the spot in the month of July, I
02:27would like to dwell into the causes of erectile dysfunction by smoking.
02:32Does smoking really cause erectile dysfunction?
02:35If you really want to know, then find out in next week's Putting Dr. G on the Spot.