Regular sex protects from impotence

Making more frequent sex can help prevent the occurrence of erectile dysfunction, according to new research.

While analyzing data from the five-year study of 989 men from the Pirkanmaa District in Finland aged between 55 and 75 years, scientists have observed that those who had sex less than once a week at the start of the study, twice as often subsequently developed erectile dysfunction compared with those who did it once each week. At the risk declined more, more often men have sex.

Data analysis included other factors that influence the occurrence of impotence, such as age, chronic medical conditions (diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease and depression), body mass index and smoking.

The number of sufferers of erectile dysfunction was 79 per 1000 in men who reported having sex less than once a week, and declined to 32 per 1000 in those who once cared for each week and to 16 per 1000 in those make it 3 or more times a week.

Moreover, the frequency of morning erections predicted the development ofcomplete impotence, the risk was about two and a half times higher in men with less than one sutreshan erection per week compared with those with two or three.

In the article devoted to the study in the journal American Journal af medsin, urologist Dr. Juha Koskimaki of Tampere University Hospital said: "Regular intercourse has an important role in preserving erectile function in elderly men, whereas morning erection does not exercise a similar effect. Continued sexual activity decreases the occurrence of impotence proportional to the frequency of intercourse. "

The study clearly demonstrates that regular sex protects men from the development of erectile dysfunction, which in turn can affect overall healthand quality of life.