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Is Lack Of Erection During Sleep A Cause For Concern?

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Question : I never wake up with an erection. I heard that the penis maintains itself by getting erections throughout the night, but I don't seem to get these erections? I also don't get random erections throughout the day. I am able to achieve erections through intercourse though.
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Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (56 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
there is nothing to worry about...

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

although nocturnal erections are believed to help, this is not well documented. Besides that you can't know if you have erections during your sleep. Men have 3-5 erections during the night each one lasting for about half a minute without any memory of it (unless they wake up of course). There is a test for nocturnal erections which records the penis perimeter (and detects erections) but this is used to document normal function, that is the man's ability to have a normal erection because some men cannot have erections for psychological reasons.

Since you're able to have erections and normal intercourse you don't have anything to worry about!

Kind Regards!
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Is Lack Of Erection During Sleep A Cause For Concern?

Brief Answer: there is nothing to worry about... Detailed Answer: Hello, although nocturnal erections are believed to help, this is not well documented. Besides that you can't know if you have erections during your sleep. Men have 3-5 erections during the night each one lasting for about half a minute without any memory of it (unless they wake up of course). There is a test for nocturnal erections which records the penis perimeter (and detects erections) but this is used to document normal function, that is the man's ability to have a normal erection because some men cannot have erections for psychological reasons. Since you're able to have erections and normal intercourse you don't have anything to worry about! Kind Regards!