You woke up in the morning by the doorbell and saw that the courier was at the door; You want to get that package you’ve been waiting for, but the famous one because of your morning erection You can’t open the door at all.

This is what sometimes leaves men in such difficult situations happens almost every day Science has something to say about the causes of morning erections.

There are several theories about the cause of a morning erection, the scientific name of which is ‘nocturnal swelling of the penis’.

According to the first of these, this situation Associated with REM sleep. During REM sleep, the sleep state in which you dream, the brain regulates the body by turning off certain neurotransmitters, which can prevent you from expressing what you see in your dream with certain reflexes/movements.

The neurotransmitter norepinephrine, which is responsible for controlling erection, is also affected and decreased, and testosterone-related actions play a role. Blood supply to the veins (and therefore to the penis) When it increases, the famous morning erection occurs.

A morning erection can also occur to prevent urinary incontinence during sleep.

Bladder filled with urine during sleep; It causes the penis to become erect by stimulating the sacral nerves of the spinal cord, which are responsible for controlling the penis. Because it is difficult to urinate hard, It is thought that incontinence is prevented thanks to the erect penis. However, because the body has different methods to prevent bedwetting, this theory is considered a weaker theory compared to the first.

Morning erection is known to protect men from diseases related to penile dysfunction.

Morning erection, which can occur about three to five times during sleep in men without erectile dysfunction; not only in adult men, but also in young children and even even in male babies in the womb can be seen. In addition, not only men but also women experience clitoral erection and vaginal swelling during sleep.

Sources: IFL Science, Medical Daily