Sex life is not just for young people. People of every age group have the right to pursue sexual beauty, especially the elderly. A harmonious sex life can enhance the relationship between husband and wife and make them happy physically and mentally. However, with age, the sexual organs gradually decline and hormone secretion is insufficient. Although sexual desire weakens, the need and desire for sexual life have not weakened at all. Maintaining a moderate sexual life can bring certain benefits to the body.

What are the three major benefits for the elderly to live "that life"?

1. Good for heart health

As we age, various functions and organs of the body gradually decline, including the heart. However, maintaining a moderate sexual life can excite the central nervous system, speed up blood circulation throughout the body, promote blood return, and thereby increase myocardial function. In other words, maintaining a moderate sexual life for the elderly can nourish and protect the heart. However, patients with high blood pressure or coronary heart disease must pay attention to gentle movements during sex, and try to wait until their blood pressure stabilizes before having sex to avoid raising blood pressure or even causing accidents.

2. Prevent prostate disease

The prostate is a gonadal organ unique to men, but it is most susceptible to pathological changes such as prostatitis, prostatic hypertrophy or prostate cancer, especially in middle-aged and elderly men. However, maintaining a moderate sexual life can excite the prostate organ, accelerate local blood circulation, facilitate the metabolism of prostatic fluid, reduce its congestion, and thereby enhance prostate function.

3. Anti-aging

Moderate sexual life can stimulate the secretion of sex hormones and help regulate endocrine stability. Especially for women, sex hormones play an important role in the body. Insufficient estrogen in women can easily cause rough skin, vaginal and uterine atrophy, and osteoporosis.

What two things should the elderly pay attention to when having sex?

1. Clean well and seize the opportunity

As you get older, your resistance and immunity are not as good as before. If you do not do local cleaning and hygiene during sex, pathogenic bacteria will invade the body, thereby inducing inflammation of the reproductive organs or causing other problems. Therefore, you should scrub the area with warm water every time before having sex to prevent infection or inflammation caused by unclean reproductive organs. In addition, it is necessary to grasp the time of sex. When one party is suffering from an infectious disease, is in the acute stage of illness, or is overly exhausted, sex cannot be forced. Try to wait until both men and women are in good physical condition and have high energy to have sex. Because forced sex when in poor condition can easily lead to failure in sexual life, thus reducing male self-esteem.

2. Pay attention to gentle movements

As you get older, your physical fitness gradually declines. When having sex, you need to act according to your ability. You should not act too hastily or show off your strength. At the same time, you should pay attention to gentle and slow movements. Because the elderly do not have the same passion as before, sexual foreplay is very important. You may wish to communicate, kiss or caress more before sex so that the other party can have a pleasant experience.

Warm reminder

Old people should not overly suppress their sexual desires. If their desires are not satisfied, it will inevitably cause emotional problems. However, they need to control the frequency of sexual intercourse and not overindulge. Because the sexual response of the elderly is significantly reduced, women's vaginas are dry and atrophic, and men's penis erects slowly, so we should not overly pursue the intensity and time of sex, and just do what we can. During sex, you will be highly excited and nervous, your heart rate and breathing will accelerate, and your blood pressure will also rise accordingly. Therefore, patients with coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, or cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases need to be cautious about sex life.