Morning wood means tension in the penis when you wake up in the morning. This is a normal thing and this process starts almost after adolescence. It is a sign of a healthy body and is a part of the sleep cycle of men.
what happens :
Nocturnal penile tumescence or morning wood is found in males. On getting up from sleep, there is stiffness in the penis. Usually it is found more in young people and as age increases, it starts decreasing. But if you suddenly stop having morning erections, it could mean you have erectile dysfunction. There is a physical reason for this, not a psychological one. In psychological erectile dysfunction, morning erections occur, but if there is a physical problem, the tension in the penis stops.
Why it happens:
Generally, the reason for morning wood is considered to be the testosterone hormone increasing in the body in the morning. Apart from this, there is also other scientific reason due to which tension arises in the penis.
When you are in deep sleep, the body increases the production and use of testosterone. This is the reason that when you wake up from a deep sleep, you get tension in the penis. Usually this tension in the penis persists for 15 to 25 minutes.
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Why is there tension in the penis in the morning?
There are two types of sleep at night:
One is rapid eye movement (REM sleep) and the other is non-rapid eye movement.
(NREM Sleep).
REM sleep The pupil of your eye moves very fast and along with it many changes also happen in your body which you are not aware of. Just as your sex hormone testosterone is made very much during sleep, in the same way blood pressure, breathing rate, heart rate all increase. The brain also moves faster and muscle tone decreases. Even if you want, you cannot move at that time. During this, many other things happen in your body which are neither known nor remembered.
There are 2 to 5 episodes of REM sleep in a night and erection occurs during that time. If this is happening then it is very normal.
Therefore it can be said that there are two reasons for the occurrence of morning wood.
- r.e. One of the reasons is the excessive presence of testosterone hormone in the body during m sleep.
- Erection occurs even when the brain is relaxed.
This problem is mostly found in people who have diseases like depression, obesity, diabetes, cholesterol and blood pressure. Patients with severe depression or those who are taking depression medicines also stop getting morning erections.
Sign of recovery – Morning Wood
According to medical research, the process of erection occurs 3 to 5 times in a healthy man while sleeping. If a person does not see stiffness in the penis for several consecutive days after waking up in the morning, then it can be a matter of concern. Such a person should talk to the doctor about this problem. Morning erections usually don’t happen when enough blood doesn’t flow through your blood vessels.
