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Thursday, February 1, 2018

The Unpleasant Side-Effect Of Not Having Sex That Could Be Harming Your Vagina

Sex is a risky business. Even if you’re in a monogamous relationship and both you and your partner are certified STI free, it can lead to pregnancy, and, depending on what your bedroom activities involve, injuries (although, admittedly, the latter is rare).

If you absolutely want to avoid the downsides of sex, like STIs and unwanted pregnancy, abstinence is recommended as the best course of action. However, it turns out that abstaining from sex, or simply not having enough kinky time, can actually harm your vagina. This isn’t the best news to start 2018 with. After all, the threat of nuclear annihilation is already at its highest since the Cold War, teenagers are killing themselves by eating detergent, and the President of the United States’ biggest concern is silencing porn stars from talking about his lack of sexual prowess. So how can a lack of sex harm your vagina? Well, it has the potential to cause a condition known as vaginal atrophy. This a common and treatable ailment that occurs when the walls of the vagina thin because of a lack of stimulation. But it’s not just women who don’t get much kinky time who are susceptible to this condition, Body + Soul reports. Those who are going through the menopause are also at risk because they have lower levels of estrogen in their bodies. Anyone who has been treated for breast cancer also has a higher chance of developing vaginal atrophy. By now, you’re probably wondering what vaginal atrophy does to the female reproductive organs and the answer isn’t pretty. The condition can cause discharge, burning, itching, difficulty peeing and pain during sex. Check out this video to learn more about the vaginal atrophy:

If this sounds like something you’d like to avoid, regular orgasms are the answer. How do orgasms help? By increasing blood flow in the vagina. Thankfully, you don’t necessarily need a partner to orgasm. So if you were toying with the idea of buying a dildo to see you through 2018, you now have the perfect excuse. Dr. Louise Mazanti, a London-based sex therapist, said, “It is very important that we have a healthy sex life with a partner or with ourselves. People very often say, ‘I don’t have a sex life because I don’t have a partner’. But forget about that and have a sexual relationship with yourself.” “It’s about using massage and touching the tissue so that it becomes alive, the blood flows and the tissue becomes elastic,” she continued. “It is really about exercising the tissue.” Failing to orgasm can lead to a build-up of toxins because there won’t be enough oxygen to combat waste tissue in the vagina. This build-up stops vital nutrients from being absorbed and eventually leads to a thinning of the tissue. But a lack of sex can cause more than just physical symptoms! Dr. Maxanti made a point of adding that a lack of sexual stimulation can seriously affect a person’s mental health. “When your ability to have sex and your desire to have sex decreases, it is a massive change in identity,” she said. “You start to question ‘who am I now if I am not the sexual woman I used to be?'” “It can cause depression and an identity crisis and deep consideration of an existential nature.” On the subject of mental health, we all know how a bad night’s sleep can really mess up our day. Sex can help you to sleep easier, WebMD revealed, because the hormones released after it cause “relaxation and sleepiness”. Believe it or not, an absence of sex can also affect a person’s intellect. A University of Maryland study revealed that regular sex can improve a person’s a cognitive ability. However, it’s important to note that not getting it on won’t necessarily make you stupid, but it’s unlikely to help you get smarter either. So aside from investing in a dildo this New Year, it might be a good shout to redownload Tinder if you’re single. Maybe the key to a new you this year doesn’t lie in hitting the gym, but a completely different (and more pleasurable) form of exercise.