Sex Life and Heart-Attack
The answer to these most disturbing conundrums is yes. You can suffer a heart attack as a direct result of engaging in sexual activity. The good news is it’s incredibly rare to happen. Even more strange if you are a woman. If you believe the statistics, less than 1% of heart attacks may be linked to love to do.
The fact that sex involves physical activity might be behind urban myths related to sex-induced heart attacks. Hollywood and several television programs, have used death from sex as a vehicle for humor and tragedy too many times to count. The fact is that research shows that those who enjoy physical activity only infrequently are at increased risk of a heart attack than those taking regular exercise. So if you rarely exercise but want to take part in the odd bout of vigorous sex risk of experiencing a heart attack will be slightly higher than the norm.
The major cause of heart attack is coronary artery disease (CAD) also known as atherosclerotic heart disease. CAD is caused by the generation up of fatty material in the coronary arteries. This limits or interrupts the blood supply to the heart. This restriction of blood supply to the heart resulting in paroxysms of chest pain, referred to as angina. If a coronary artery is totally blocked, can cause a heart attack. The symptoms of a myocardial infarction, the medical term for heart attack may include crushing chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, general feeling of being unwell and a belief that is about to die. If you suspect yourself or another, is suffering a heart attack then seek immediate medical help.
Another threat to the welfare of his heart is the snuff. Smoking is classified as a major cause of coronary artery disease and may double the chances of having a heart attack. So, what smoking a cigarette do to your heart? First, it damages the lining of the arteries that leads to restriction and obstruction of blood flow to the heart. Then we have the inhalation of carbon monoxide gas. This has a detrimental effect on the ability of blood to carry oxygen to your heart.Cigarette smoking can also affect the blood, increasing the chances of blood clots. Finally, the nicotine in snuff has the ability to make your body produce higher than normal levels of adrenaline. This can increase blood pressure and make the heart beat faster. Increasing the workload of the heart and once again put that heart attack closer and closer.
So while having sex could not see towards the emergency room closures are accounted cigarettes could only do the job sooner rather than later.