What Are the effects of not having Sex for a Long Time or ever?

• Rabab Ahmed
• 04/09/2020
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The intimate relationship increases the ties between the two parties, dissolves the differences, but some time may pass from the apathy between the two partners, which affects the conduct of the relationship, and when that happens, the public health of both of them is affected. 

Some husbands are forced to refrain from engaging in intimate relationship for a long time, because of travel by one of them or the presence of a health problem or differences between the spouses that make them refrain from sexual encounter and the cessation of sex can cause some health damages. 

What happens when you do not have sex for a long time? 

For some people, the relationship with the partner becomes tense and they stop feeling connected and connected with each other. While some couples not interested in sex prefer conversation or joint activities instead of engaging in it. 

Here we review what happens to the body when stopping the practice of intimacy: 

1. Sleep disorders:

Not practicing the marital relationship on a regular basis directly affects the rates of sleep and the degree of relaxation of the muscles of the body, which makes the person, suffers from fatigue and insomnia. 

2. Hypertension:

Among the most important benefits of the marital relationship is that it helps to regularize blood pressure, and makes it always at its normal rate, and vice versa.

3. Heart diseases:

Because the marital relationship contributes to the secretion of male and female hormones in the bodies of both men and women, due to the acceleration of sex for the heart rate in the body, therefore the lack of marital relationship leads to an increase in the person's rate of heart attacks. 

4. Psychiatric disturbances:

Discontinuation of the marital relationship and lack of practice causes depression and mental disorders, as the marital relationship contributes to the secretion of hormones that relieve stress and psychological problems.

5. Feeling of depression: 

The fact that a man or woman has not had an intimate relationship for a long time makes them more susceptible to depression, and according to a study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior magazine, some components in semen, including melatonin, serotonin and oxytocin, have the benefits of improving the psychological state of women. 

6. Excessive feeling of tension:

For both men and women, the intimate relationship helps to relieve feelings of tension and anxiety, and refrain from or stop this relationship for a while. The couple fall prey to permanent anxiety, and the researchers have found that during intercourse, the brain secretes good chemicals such as endorphins and oxytocin, helping to feel comfortable and eliminated. Feelings of anxiety, depression and nervous tension.

7. Immune system: 

Having regular sex helps to strengthen and improve the work of the immune system, which leads to an increase in the body's resistance to various diseases by launching endorphins. A study conducted at one of the American universities showed that saliva samples taken from some college students who had had sex regularly, had been found in At a high concentration of some antibodies called immunoglobulin A, which in turn can help fight colds, this means that having regular sex can lead to not getting sick frequently, such as a cold or flu.

8. Vaginal health:

Having sex after a long interruption can be uncomfortable, and it may take longer for the female body to make sex easy and comfortable unlike men, so having regular sex or doing the habit of masturbating can be a major reason for maintaining healthy vaginal tissues by improving blood flow to them. 

9. Feeling pain during the menstrual period:

Some women find sex is an excellent way to get rid of menstrual cramps, as several factors help relieve spasms, including uterine contractions that occur during orgasm, as well as increase the endorphins secretion in the body caused by sex. Some studies show that you do not have to have sex to reap these benefits, as your secret habit may have the same effect.

10. Pain during sexual intercourse: 

This increases in women, when stopping sex for a long time, the vagina will become narrower, and when the intimate practice between the spouses returns, it will be painful for the woman until the vagina takes a position consistent with the penis.

11. Weak pelvic floor muscles

Another health problem caused by stopping sexual intercourse is the weakening of the pelvic floor muscles, because of not moving for long periods, and they become greatly relaxed.