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Title: Having intercourse Lower Your Blood Pressure
Post by: MEGAX on November 25, 2012, 01:59:27 pm
  Having intercourse may be good for your heart. According to a study published in the journal, Biological Psychology intercourse could actually help lower blood pressure both in men and women.
  According to the report, while intercourseual intercourse may shoot up the blood pressure, this is momentary and does not affect the underlying basis of hypertension. In the study led by Stuart Brody, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of the West of Scotland at Paisley, study subjects, 24 women and 22 men, kept a diary of their intercourseual activity for two weeks. Then the researchers subjected them to stressful situations — such as speaking in public and doing verbal arithmetic — and noted their blood pressure response to stress. Those who had intercourse had better responses to stress than those who engaged in other intercourseual behaviours or abstained.
  The findings were supported by another study published in the same journal which found that diastolic blood pressure (the second number in a blood pressure test) tends to be lower in people who live together and often have intercourse. And yet another study found that women who get lots of hugs from their partner tend to have better blood pressure.
  Indeed, Brazil’s health minister Jose Temporao last year, declared intercourse a remedy for the nation’s high-bloodpressure problem. Launching the campaign against high blood pressure in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia the minister declared that intercourse is a form of exercise, adding that adults should be exercising more to help keep their blood pressure down. According to him, a good cardiovascular workout includes intercourse “alwayswith protection, obviously.”
  There have been other studies showing that intercourse lowers blood pressure, and might even protect against strokes because of its stress-relieving ability. This is in fact supported by the American Heart Association in a release early this year stating that intercourseual activity is safe for most heart disease patients.
  The statement, published online in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, contains recommendations by experts from various fields, including heart disease, exercise physiology and intercourseual counselling.
  If you have stable cardiovascular disease, it is more than likely that you can safely engage in intercourseual activity, according to an American Heart Association scientific statement. Decreased intercourseual activity and function — common in men and women with cardiovascular diseases — is often related to anxiety and depression.
  The absolute rate of cardiovascular events during intercourseual activity, such as heart attacks or chest pain caused by heart disease, is miniscule because intercourseual activity is usually for a short time. “Some patients will postpone intercourseual activity when it is actually relatively safe for them to engage in it,” said Levine, who is also director of the Cardiac Care Unit at the Michael E. DeBakey Medical Center in Houston. “On the other hand, thereare some patients for whom it may be reasonable to defer intercourseual activity until they’re assessed and stabilized.”
  Over time, high blood pressure damages the lining of blood vessels and causes arteries toharden and narrow (atherosclerosis), limiting blood flow. This means less blood is able to flow to the ****. For some men, the decreased blood flow makes it difficult to achieve and maintain erections — often referred to as erectile dysfunction.   The problem is fairly common, especially among men who are not treating their high blood pressure.
  Even a single episode of erectile dysfunction can cause anxiety.         Fears that it will happen again might lead men to avoid intercourse — and affect relationship with their intercourseual partner.
  High blood pressure can also interfere with ejaculation and reduce intercourseual desire. Sometimes the medications used to treat high blood pressure have similar effects.
  The American Heart Association however recommends the following guidelines to anyone with a cardiovascular problem who may still be wondering on how to go about intercourseual activity:
• After a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease,it is reasonable for patients to be evaluated by their physician or healthcare provider before resuming intercourseual activity.
• Cardiac rehabilitation and regular physical activity can reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications related to intercourseual activity in people who have had heart failure or a heartattack.
• Women with cardiovascular disease should be counselled on the safety and advisability of contraceptive methods and pregnancy based on their patient profile.
• Patients with severe heart disease who have symptoms with minimal activity or while at rest should not be intercourseually active until their cardiovascular disease symptoms are stabilized with appropriate treatment.
• Patients should be assessed to see if their intercourseual dysfunction is related to underlying vascular or cardiac disease, anxiety, depression or other factors.