Regarding the elderly and sexuality, it is a topic that many readers and friends are very concerned about, and there are often readers and friends to consult this issue, and there are many friends who have such a concern about the elderly to carry out couples activities, that is, the elderly are older, and living a married life will excessively consume the body, bring health risks, and even increase the risk of certain diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases.
Is this really the case? For this problem, we should still look at it rationally, with the continuous growth of age, the elderly body functions will decline, sexual performance is also an important aspect, the erectile dysfunction of elderly men, as well as the dryness and pain of women after menopause, will also affect the "sexual well-being" of the elderly in their later years. However, if for the above reasons, the husband and wife activities are abstained from this time, which may not necessarily play a role in the physical and mental health of the elderly, but may not be met because of some psychological and physiological needs, bringing certain health hazards and risks.
It is undeniable that there are many elderly friends who are physically able to maintain a harmonious and normal married life in their later years, and this harmonious, moderate, and regular husband and wife life will not only not be detrimental to physical health most of the time, but will bring many health benefits. Moderate marital life for the elderly can bring the following six health benefits.
Maintain good immunity
A study from Wilkes University in Pennsylvania found that people who had sex 1 to 2 times a week had higher levels of immune antibodies compared to those who were infrequent in sexual activity. Therefore, for the elderly, reasonable and moderate couple activities can help protect the body's immunity and reduce the risk of bacterial and viral infections.
Of course, there are many ways to help protect our body's immunity, such as healthy diet, exercise, adequate sleep, and timely vaccination, etc., if we can maintain these healthy lifestyles, disease prevention, and physical conditions on the premise of reasonable and moderate maintenance of husband and wife activities, it can also bring additional benefits of strengthening immunity.
Improves genitourinary health
For reproductive health, the principle of "use in and waste in return" still applies. Whether it is a man or a woman, if you can maintain a moderate married life, it can bring certain benefits to maintaining sex hormone levels in the body, maintaining libido, and protecting the health of the reproductive system. For men, moderate sexual activity can maintain normal male function and reduce the risk of dysfunction, and the same is true for women, moderate activity can increase lubrication, promote blood flow, and maintain elasticity, which also greatly promotes the harmony of marital life.
For urinary health, moderate activity can enhance a woman's pelvic floor muscle function and is also very helpful in avoiding female urinary incontinence, statistics show that about 30% of women may experience urinary incontinence at some point in their lives.
Reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease
Some elderly friends are worried that too strenuous activities will bring heart disease risks, but in fact, if there are no contraindications to marital life such as heart failure and unstable angina, a reasonable and moderate marital life can exercise cardiopulmonary function, lower blood pressure, especially improve systolic blood pressure, and maintain the balance of hormone levels, which are all important aspects that help improve heart health and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Studies have found that men who engage in couple activity at least twice a week are half as likely to die from heart disease as men who engage in less activity.
Improves pain
Harmonious conjugal life can help relieve many chronic pains, and when people are engaged in marital activities, the body secretes oxytocin and dopamine, which not only make people feel happy, but also help to raise the body's pain threshold, thereby relieving pain.
Studies have found that even unfinished sexual activity can help reduce pain, for female sexual stimulation, it can prevent some chronic pain in the back and legs, and for joint pain and headaches, it can also be relieved and improved by couples' activities.
Reduces the risk of prostate cancer
Although the jury is still out, the possibility is still there.
In a recently published meta-study of a retrospective study of the role of ejaculation in prostate cancer prevention over the past 33 years, the results showed that 7 out of 11 studies showed a beneficial effect of ejaculation frequency in reducing prostate cancer risk. Although the mechanism is currently unknown, some researchers believe that ejaculation can reduce the concentration of toxins and lens structures in the prostate, thereby reducing the risk of inflammation caused by the accumulation of these substances.
Improves stress and sleep
For those who do not sleep well, reasonable and moderate couple activities are also a "good medicine" to improve sleep, sexual activity can stimulate the body to produce oxytocin, which can make people feel relaxed and sleepy, thus helping to improve sleep.
In addition, being close to your partner can also relieve stress and anxiety and keep you relaxed, and couples activities can also enhance the intimacy between your partners, which is also an important aspect of living a happy life and relaxing your mind.
The six aspects mentioned above are the possible health benefits of maintaining moderate marital activities for the elderly. In this case, there is no need to draw a red line of age for their sexual activities, and there is no saying that they can not carry out marital activities after many years.
For elderly men who need to take drugs to improve male dysfunction, they should also pay attention to the risk of increased heart rate that may occur after medication, and sildenafil and other drugs should avoid drug contraindications and precautions for combined use with nitrates"Happy" life.