Interesting Facts about Morning Erection

26.12.2011 | By: T. P.

The morning erection is not caused by urine which gathers during the night. A full bladder is usually the last thing to cause an erection.

Morning erection is merely the last of the night's erections. (PhotoXpress)

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Do you remember the scene from the film 40-year-old Virgin, when Steve Caroll gets out of bed and walks towards the toilet with a "loaded gun" in his shorts, then finds it hard to control his flow? Men are very familiar with this...

Morning erection is difficult to hide

All the boys who grew up in big families, all the boys who lived in student homes know this burning problem. It is easy to hide a morning erection with a pair of jeans, but it is much harder to do it when we are wearing underpants or soft pajamas. The next problem occurs with urinating. The toilet is at least 90 degrees at a wrong angle and women give us enough hassle about unwanted drops as it is. Mission impossible.

What exactly is a morning erection?

The morning erection is merely the last of the night's erections, connected to certain phases of sleep. In lay terms, when you sleep, you get an erection, no matter what you dream. The reasons for this are not entirely clear, but some guess that it happens because the body is relaxed and there is a lack of control over ourselves. If we hide the beast within ourselves during the day, it takes control during the night. Others believe that the body is testing the penis's functioning in this way, it is some sort of regular maintenance, so that the system does not get rusty. But the results of researches show that the capability of having an erection is not linked with its frequency because men with erectile dysfunction function properly even after a long time, despite not having an erection all those years in between.

Morning erection indicates psychological troubles

The occurrence of night erections is helpful mostly with healing and discovering the reasons behind erectile dysfunction. If the dysfunction is psychological in nature, the penis wakes up at night and thinks with its own head. Doctors use a test called the RigiScan. They use it to measure the changes in the hardness and size of the penis. Thus, they have an easier job of finding out if the erectile dysfunction is vascular, neurological, hormonal or psychological.

Morning erection after circumcision

The worst happens to men who are circumcised as adults. They wake up in pains at least three times a night until the small wound heals. Otherwise, a morning erection is just a cause of awkward situations and one more reason why urinals should be installed in every home!