From Pleasure To Grave: Why Some Men Die While Making Love

What could possibly cause a man to lose his life while making love to a woman? There have been several reports in the past and recently about men dying during sex.

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This issue is admittedly mind boggling but we know where to turn to for explanation in these matters. In this report, we get expert advise from medical practitioners on some of the reasons why some men die while making love.

According to medical practitioners, death can occur during consensual sex for a number of reasons, generally because of the physical strain of the activity, or because of unusual extenuating circumstances.

Regarding the factors that can lead to death during sex, experts say sex is as an energy sapping activity that could lead to death if either of the partners is not in a stable health condition.

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“Sex is an energy sapping activity. Some die as a result of engaging in the act despite their unstable health condition, to satisfy their lust and some take sexual enhancements to go extra miles to satisfy their partners without minding the danger attached to it,” one medical practitioner, Dr. Olugbenga Alabi, stressed.

He described the general belief that sex is a mere pleasurable event that requires no energy, as being far from the truth.

He explained that Adenosine Tri-Phosphate (ATP) otherwise known as the energy currency of the body, consumed during sexual intercourse, especially during orgasm is very high.

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According to him, “Death during sex is more common with patients that have background of certain illnesses, and the commonest in this part of the world is cardiovascular diseases; hypertension and diabetes.

“They can be predisposed to death during sexual intercourse. It’s commoner with men than women because, according to the orgasm ladder, men reach orgasm faster than women. A woman may just be in stage 2 during sex while a man may have reached stage 5 and come back to zero.

“The commonest cause of death during sexual intercourse is patient having subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). It’s a form of stroke and also a form of blood vessel taking blood to brain bursting during sex,” he stated.

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Dr. Alabi also stressed that the life of a patient suffering from Myocardial infarction (MI), which is commonly known as heart attack, could be cut short while having marathon sex.

“During sex, all the body parts and soul are involved. It’s not only the body; the soul must also be ready to do it. So when all those things come to play, there is increased consumption of energy.”

Regular Exercise Essential

Health practitioners recommend regular physical fitness to both male and female to stay fit and avoid complications that may arise during sexual intercourse.

According to medical experts, having sex uses a lot of muscles that one doesn’t normally use during the course of the day, especially during ejaculation which is the peak of sex.

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“When you are having sex, the exercise you do is greater than running a 400-metre race, so if you don’t engage in a regular exercise, that may pose a danger,” another expert, Dr. Samuel Bankole affirmed.

The medical practitioners therefore encourage individuals to avoid living a life of physical inactivity.

“It’s important to engage in enough physical exercise; not necessarily jumping or going to the gym every day, but taking at least 10-20minutes walk daily,” Dr. Alabi said.

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He added: “Sex and death, the commonest problem still remain with the heart or its vessels. Other things may not even give you enough energy to do it. A patient that has obtrusive airwaves problem will not have enough strength to engage in aggressive sexual intercourse.

Age Really Matters In Sex?

Dr. Alabi also says age remain a non modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.

“Of all the above factors, some are modifiable and some are non-modifiable. So anyone with family history of diabetes or hypertension, from age 55 has three risk factors combined because he can’t change his family, can’t change his race as black and can’t also reduce his age. These are non-modifiable risk factors.”

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He explained further, “As we grow older, we are like vehicle, our body parts wear and tear but unfortunately we can’t replace them. As far as cardiovascular diseases are concerned, the older one gets, the more the risk factors.

Sexual Enhancement A Fatal Decision

The dangers lurking for users of sexual enhancement pills, according to Doctor Alabi, are more fatal than beneficial.

Rather than taking enhancement to boost sexual performance, Alabi advised that the one who suffers erectile dysfunction could take proper stalk of history to pick a cause of the problem.

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He warned that people should desist from taking sexual enhancement, especially the unorthodox ones that have no regulated dosage, as they could be rendered permanently impotent.

Traditionalists’ view

Corroborating the above views of medical experts, a roots and herbs seller, Morufat Ojo, said if anybody slumps and dies during sex, such person may have a history of sickness such as hypertension or diabetes; or as a result of sexual enhancement many are fond of taking.

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“Like in the hospital where the doctor will carry out tests on a patient to ascertain the causes of sickness in the body, we ask them all that too. Some are diabetic and some are hypertensive and if we confirm any of these, we first treat them on those sicknesses before giving them sexual enhancers,” she submitted.