COVID Penis? Yes it is true! But WHY???
COVID Penis? Yes it is true! Another reason why you want to avoid COVID-19 at all costs! How does erectile dysfunction happen from SARS-CoV2 (the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease)?
COVID-19 Can Be Considered A Vascular Disease
In the paper ‘COVID-19 — A vascular disease‘, they state: “Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) leads to multi-system dysfunction with emerging evidence suggesting that SARS-CoV-2-mediated endothelial injury is an important effector of the virus.”
SARS-CoV2 uses the ACE2 receptor to enter our cells. The vascular endothelium (the paper thin lining that lines out blood vessels, heart, and brain) is abundant in these ACE2 receptors and make them a direct target of the novel coronavirus. There are a number of studies that have shown viral injury to the vascular system with resulting vascular dysfunction in COVID-19 patients. (SEE: ‘COVID-19 is, in the end, an endothelial disease.’ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32882706/ )
The endothelial attack by the virus is what causes multi-organ failure that we have seen in those with COVID-19 (SEE: The vascular endothelium: the cornerstone of organ dysfunction in severe SARS-CoV-2 infection https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32546188/ ).