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SEX DOES NOT CAUSE STROKE

STUDY IN MEN AGED BETWEEN 45 AND 59.
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Strokes are the single biggest cause of serious disability, with around 300,000 people affected at any one time, according to the Strokes Association. Every year 10,000 people under the age of 55 have a stroke.

Quick Summary of Research

The risk of heart attacks may be cut by regular frequent sex.

Middle aged men can have sex as many times as they like without increasing their risk of having a stroke, according to research.
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Scientists also discovered that frequent sexual intercourse can actually reduce the risk of suffering a fatal heart attack.

It showed that although the chances of a stroke were slightly lower among men having the least sex, there was no clear evidence those having intercourse more often were at greater risk.

The risk of strokes was highest among those men who would not say how often they had sex.

The study also found that sudden death from heart disease was more common in those reporting low to moderate levels of sexual activity.

The study says Professor Shah Ebrahim, “dispels fears that there is a link between sex and strokes.”
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What is stroke?

When a stroke occurs part of the brain is suddenly severely damaged or destroyed.
Stroke is also called as cerebrovascular accident. It often results in paralysis.

Mechanism of Stroke:

How stroke happens
It takes place either when a blood clot gets plugged in a damaged vessel and blocks the flow of blood to the brain – an ischemic stroke, or when a damaged blood vessel in the brain bursts – a hemorrhagic stroke.

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Consequence of Stroke

Death or Paralysis and consequent incapacitation.

Research Study

Professor Shah Ebrahim led the University of Bristol team in a study that was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Research Findings:

Middle aged men can have sex as many times as they like without increasing their risk of having a stroke, according to research.

If you have regular sex and regular exercise, despite the fact your blood pressure does go up during that time, your basal blood pressure level is lowered
Regular sex frequency is described as twice a week.

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Research Conclusions:

Scientists discovered that frequent sexual intercourse can actually reduce the risk of suffering a fatal heart attack without increasing risk of stroke.

Middle aged men can have sex as many times as they like without increasing their risk of having a stroke, according to research.

Researchers concluded men having sex an average of once a week over 50 years only had 1 in 580 chance of dying because of the exertions of sex.

It showed that although the chances of a stroke were slightly lower among men having the least sex, there was no clear evidence those having intercourse more often were at greater risk.

The risk of strokes was highest among those men who would not say how often they had sex.

Of the 914 who said how often they had sex one in five had intercourse less than once a month, one in four at least twice a week and just over half fell somewhere in between.

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Research findings

Frequency of Sexual Intercourse:
Of the Total 914

• 1 in 5 =  less than 1/month

• 1 in 4 = at least 2/week

and

• Just over half  = somewhere in between.

The study also found that sudden death from heart disease was more common in those reporting low to moderate levels of sexual activity.

Research Findings (more)

During the study, which is backed by the Stroke Association, 65 participants had a stroke, including 26 who died.

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Experts Comment

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Welcoming the findings Dr. Ian Banks, president of the Men’s Health Forum, told BBC News Online: “I think the news for everyone is that sex is an important part of our normal human existence and we should encourage people not to be ashamed of having sex.”
Dr. Ian Banks:”If you have regular sex and regular exercise, despite the fact your blood pressure does go up during that time, your basal blood pressure level is lowered.”

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Professor Shah Ebrahim, who led the University of Bristol team, said men should be heartened by the research, which dispels fears that there is a link between sex and strokes.

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Eoin Redahan, a director of The Stroke Association, said the link between sex and strokes could be largely coincidental.

He said: “Strokes occur quite commonly at night and in the morning.

“Sexual activity is usually higher at these times and because of this coincidence, some people have assumed that there is connection between sex and suffering a stroke.”
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Research Method

The team based its findings on a 20 year study of 3,000 men aged between 45 and 59, in Caerphilly, South Wales.

Links

Stroke Association
Men’s Health Forum
University of Bristo
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

RESEARCH REPORTS:
S Ebrahim, M May, Y Ben Shlomo, P McCarron, S Frankel, J Yarnell, and G Davey Smith
Sexual intercourse and risk of ischaemic stroke and coronary heart disease: the Caerphilly study
J Epidemiol Community Health, Feb 2002; 56: 99 – 102.

Source:

Titled:BBC News
Title: Frequent sex ‘not linked to strokes’ BBC News
Date of Publication: Thursday, 17 January, 2002, 11:27 GMT
Date Accessed: 21 March, 2009
Published in: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
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According to the stroke Association