Hydrogen therapy may be a promising, safe and effective treatment for diabetic erectile dysfunction: a hypothesis


https://doi.org/10.4081/ams.2011.e11
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2011)
Submitted: 4 July 2011
Accepted: 30 August 2011
Published: 21 September 2011
gas medicine, hydrogen therapy, diabetic erectile dysfunction.
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Authors

  • Jun Chen
    jchen121121@hotmail.com
    Department of Infertility and Sexual Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
  • Bin Zhang Department of Infertility and Sexual Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
  • Mingchao Li Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
  • Tao Qi Department of Infertility and Sexual Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
  • Zheng Chen Department of Infertility and Sexual Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
  • Xuejun Sun Department of Diving Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
  • Xiao Chen Department of Diving Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Inhalation of hydrogen gas has been proven to be an effective treatment for ischemiareperfusion injury by selectively reducing hydroxyl and peroxynitrite radicals. There has been considerable evidence of hydrogen’s protective effect against diseases related to oxidative injury, such as the ischemia-reperfusion injury of the brain, liver and heart. More and more studies suggest that radical oxygen species (ROS) play an important role in the development of diabetic erectile dysfunction (ED) and antioxidants can markedly decrease the production of ROS and improve the erectile function. We hypothesize that hydrogen therapy may be a promising, safe and effective treatment for diabetic ED by reducing the production of ROS.

Supporting Agencies

National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No. 81070487), Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China (No.20090171120078), Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (No. A2009190),

Chen, J., Zhang, B., Li, M., Qi, T., Chen, Z., Sun, X., & Chen, X. (2011). Hydrogen therapy may be a promising, safe and effective treatment for diabetic erectile dysfunction: a hypothesis. Alternative Medicine Studies, 1(1), e11. https://doi.org/10.4081/ams.2011.e11

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