7 Bad Impacts On The Body If You Don't Have Sex For A Long Time

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JAKARTA - Having sex is not only about emotional and physical satisfaction, but also has many health benefits. If someone has not had sex for a long time, the body can experience some negative impacts.

Here are 7 bad effects that can occur on the body if you don't have sex for a long time, as reported by the WebMD page.

1. Easy to worry about

Maybe sex is the last thing you think about when you're stressed. However, sex can help reduce anxiety because it can lower the stress hormone in the body. Active sex life can also make you happier and healthier, which in turn helps reduce anxiety. If you don't have sex for a long time, then you often experience anxiety.

2. Heart Health Decreases

Research shows that people who rarely have sex (less than once a month) more often have heart disease than those who do it about twice a week. This may be because they rarely exercise and are prone to stress or depression. In addition, people who have sex more often tend to be healthier physically and mentally.

3. Forgetting

Maybe not really losing things, but more often forgetting where you put them. This is because regular sex is associated with increasing memory, especially for those aged 50-89 years.

4. Weakening Immunity System

Having sex once a week seems to increase the immune system more rarely than those who do it. This may be because sex increases levels of immunoglobulin A (IgA), a substance that helps fight germs. However, having sex too often is also not good. People having sex more than twice a week actually have lower IgA levels than those who don't have sex at all.

5. Prostate Decreases

In a study, men who have ejaculated less than seven times a month are more at risk of prostate cancer than those who do it at least 21 times a month. However, sex without safety and having many partners can also increase the risk of disease, so stay careful.

6. Body Pain Longer

Sex can not only divert the mind from pain, but also helps the body release endorphins and other hormones that can relieve headaches, back and legs. In fact, it can help reduce pain due to menstruation and menstrual cramps.

7. Difficult to sleep

Without sex, the body loses hormones such as prolactin and oxytocin which helps sleep better. For women, sex also increases estrogen which helps sleep better. On the other hand, if you start having sex again, sound sleep can increase sexual arousal.