Human Physiology Explains Hadith Rasulullah saw!

Assalamualaikum everyone!

Couple weeks before Hari Raya Aidil Fitri, it was in the middle of Block 9: Renal and reproductive, when something triggered in my mind. Masa tu lecture Puberty under Dr Hamdi. He asked us to go through the reading materials at home and will have discussion to replace the lecture. Maksudnya he was not going to teach us and replacing the lecture slot with active learning. Banyak jugaklah lecturer start adapting this kind of new way of teaching. Masa year 1 dulu, A/P Dr Willian yang banyak buat lecture macam ni, followed by other lecturers.

Balik kepada cerita asalnya. At the end of lecture, aku ada persoalan tentang hypogonadism and physiology of penile erection. I have no interest to discuss regarding hypogonadism here but more on physiology of penile erection. *Nasib baik aku study elok-elok penile erection ni, dia keluar in block exam weh with 6-7 marks!)

Jadi seorang Aishah pun ajukan soalan kepada Dr Hamdi. Done with hypogonadism part, aku proceed with,

“Is there any relationship between fasting with penile erection?”

Dr Hamdi took some time and he did explain to me using medical jargon (by which I will translate later.)

Stimulation of penile erection requires parasympathetic activation that will make corpora cavernosa to fills will blood and lead to penile erection. And on the other hand, the other stimulus of parasympathetic activity that contributes to relax and digest is by eating. Thus, when you

 Eat àStimulation of parasympathetic activity à penile erection. Bingo!

Having said that, other stimuli of penile erection play their roles as well.

But he added, that is just theoretically and not that conclusive. So just now this thingy triggered my my mind so apa lagi, aku cari kat NCBI! And guess what find out? Hehehehehe…

Yes there are few studies that support this hypothesis and conclusion from that study is that

“Ramadan intermittent fasting might be associated with decrease in sexual desire, frequency of sexual intercourse and serum FSH level.”, Talib, Canguven, Al-Rumaihi, Al-Ansari & Alani.

So jom kita kaitkan dengan hadis Rasulullah;

Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w. maksudnya:
“Hai orang-orang muda, sesiapa di antara kamu yang mampu berkahwin maka hendaklah dia berkahwin kerana ia (iaitu perkahwinan) itu dapat mengawal mata dan kemaluan. Barangsiapa yang tidak mampu, maka hendaklah dia berpuasa kerana ia (iaitu puasa) akan menjadi penjaga baginya”.

Ada satu dkumentasi kat National Geographic yang aku tengok tadi, aku tertarik dengan satu ayat dia.

"Religion explains thing that science can't explain"

The sentence not necessarily true but.. Religion(dalam konteks ni, Islam) is supported by science.. or in other words, Science explains Islam!

p/s: Aku sangat amazed dengan negara barat yang not came from medical background tapi knows the basic medical jargon and they even hafal nama ubat diorang. Unlike Malaysian that lack of awareness to know their ubat. Contohnya ubat tahan sakit. There are few jenis of painkiller, plus, they even know what is NSAIDs and indication of anti-histamine.

Since kita duk war-warkan Malaysia Baharu, so why not kita jadikan Malaysian knows more on basic things and lebih rajin cari maklumat melalui laman akademik. Ni bila kahwin 2 bulan tapi scan baby umur 10 minggu mulalah si suaminya meroyan.

Translation: Our body ada dua komponen untuk berfungsi dengan baik, iaitu somatic nervous system(dapat kita control contohnya berjalan etc) dan autonomic nervous system. Bawah autonomic nervous system kita ada parasympathetic(yang memainkan peranan dalam pencernaan dll) dan sympathetic( memainkan peranan penting dalam situasi genting (fight and flight) seperti kena kejar anjing; dimana adrenaline akan dirembeskan). Dua komponen ni saling berkerjasama dan kita tak dapat kawal tapi kita boleh kawal dari segi stimulusnya. Salah satu kepentingan dia adalah receptorsnya penting as a target untuk ubat-ubatan. Contoh? Ubat hypertension(tekanan darah tinggi) target reseptor untuk sympathetic activity. Macam aku mention tadi, sistem pencernaan akan diaktifkan semasa dan selepas kita makan, dan sistem pencernaan ini dikawal oleh parasympathetic action. Justeru, ereksi zakar(penile erection) juga akan teraktif!

...kalau hampa dok faham jugak, aku tataulah nak explain camne dah....

Love, Aishah