Can older people stay sexually active? Of course they can! Many older people desire and enjoy an active sex life.
Active interest in sex, as well as satisfaction with the frequency and quality of sexual activity, are positively correlated with health in later life. So sex isn’t just for the young.
Of course, sex and aging have their own challenges: physical changes, illness, disability, and some medications can make sex challenging or difficult to enjoy.
A healthy sex life not only enhances the relationship between the two parties, but also produces a variety of hormones that are beneficial to the body. It also has many health benefits for people, and may even help men prevent prostate cancer. In fact, they are also inextricably linked to anti-aging.
Sexual Aging is A Natural Law
Sexual activity will gradually decrease as people age, which is an objective law of organ function change.
Sexual behavior is the natural basis of human gender relations and an instinct of human beings. It is through the union of the two sexes that human society continues to reproduce and history continues.
It usually brings benefits to humans. For example, it increases the production of antibodies in the body, lowers blood pressure, thereby enhancing immunity, and reduces the risk of prostate cancer in men.
Sexual behavior produces endorphins, serotonin and dopamine, which are called “happy hormones”.
These substances play a vital role in our physical and mental health, and are also related to pleasure and satisfaction. These emotional experiences are also one of the important factors affecting human health and aging.
Sexual intimacy and orgasm also increase the level of oxytocin in the body, which helps to strengthen the emotional bond and trust between people.
It is known that oxytocin has a greater impact on women than men, which may be the reason why women more often associate sexual attraction/sexual behavior with love and love.
Can Sexual Aging be Delayed?
The primary manifestation of sexual aging is a decrease in sexual frequency, a prolonged interval between two sexual activities, and a significant reduction in erection maintenance time.
Secondly, the duration of orgasm becomes shorter, the amount of semen decreases, and within a few seconds after ejaculation, the penis will become flaccid, and not even ejaculate every time.
Finally, the demand for sex decreases, leading to lack of confidence or irritability in marital life.
The desire for sexual function extends along with the body’s lifespan. Is it possible?
Some people completely stop having sex at the age of fifty or sixty, but some still maintain a strong sexual desire even after the age of eighty.
As long as appropriate efforts are made subjectively and consciously, it is indeed possible to delay the onset of sexual aging.
The Age of Sexual Aging
Medical experts said: “It is important to realize that there are great individual differences in sexual concepts and sexual abilities among the elderly. This is certainly true. If a person is in good health, has an undiminished sexual interest, and has a spouse with a strong sexual interest, then it is certain that his sexual interest and sexual ability can indeed be maintained until the age of 70, 80 or even 90.”
It takes a long time for the penis of elderly men to erect and the amount of direct stimulation to the genitals needs to be increased. The strength of penis erection and the amount of ejaculation of men after the age of 60 usually decrease to varying degrees.
However, there are great individual differences in sexual ability. Some people completely stop having sex at the age of 50 or 60, while others still have a strong sexual desire at the age of 80.
The main cause of male sexual aging is due to degenerative changes in the testicles. As the brain, pituitary gland, adrenal glands and sexual function change, they will also change.
Generally, after the age of 50-60, as men age, the interstitial cells of the testicles may gradually age and degenerate. The secretion of testosterone is greatly reduced, and the volume of the testicles is relatively reduced.
At this time, the various tissues and organs of the body gradually age, and sexual function gradually declines. After the age of 60, the testicles shrink more significantly, and at the age of 70, they have shrunk to the size of a 12-year-old child’s testicles.
It can be seen that the function of the testicles plays a key role in the decline of male sexual function.
Symptoms of Sexual Aging
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- Weakened vision: The lens of the eyeball becomes thicker, and there is obvious vision decline and inaccurate focus. Excluding problems with the eye itself, this indicates that there is a disease in the blood vessels. It affects blood circulation, causes optic nerve metabolic disorders, and causes vision loss.
- Hair loss: The hair follicles on the scalp decrease, the hair becomes thinner, the hair grows slowly, and some people begin to bald. Entering the peak period of career, mental and psychological pressure increases, causing endocrine and blood circulation disorders, which causes hair loss and hair gradually thinning.
- Poor hearing: If the blood circulation of the inner ear auditory nerve is not good, there will be a trend of hearing decline. The eardrum becomes thicker, the ear canal shrinks and narrows, and the ability to distinguish tones, especially high-frequency sounds, becomes increasingly difficult.
- Frequency of sexual life: The number of sexual impulses decreases. The average number of orgasms per year is not less than 100 times for 30 years old, not less than 80 times for 40 years old, not less than 60 times for 50 years old, and not less than 50 times for those over 60 years old. The reasons for the decline in sexual ability of men in their 30s are psychological and physiological. Psychologically, aesthetic fatigue and excessive mental stress. Physiologically, the decline in androgen levels and poor blood circulation will lead to erectile dysfunction.
- Penis erection angle: It is normal for men under 50 to have a slightly lower penis erection angle than when they were 25 years old, but if it feels significantly lower, it means that they are over-aging.
Good physical fitness and a strong body are extremely important for maintaining good sexual function. In addition, other factors cannot be ignored, such as social and psychological factors, which may affect or destroy the sexual function of the elderly.
How to Prevent Male Sexual Aging?
Sex is a man’s favorite. Every man hopes to have an ageless sexual function, but time is ruthless and the reality is always unsatisfactory. Is there any trick to delay sexual aging?
50 years old is a critical period for preventing sexual aging, because this is a turning point in male sexual ability.
After the age of 50, male testicles will gradually age, testosterone secretion will decrease, and testicles will also shrink relatively. These all physiologically limit sexual ability.
If you want to change this situation, men should pay attention to the following points:
1. Regular Sex Life
Many people may not know that to delay sexual aging, we must first break the traditional concept and understand that aging does not mean the loss of sexual desire and the end of sexual life.
If you don’t have sex for too long, it will lead to decreased sexual ability, endocrine disorders, accelerated aging of sexual function, etc.
On the contrary, maintaining a regular and harmonious sex life is conducive to enhancing the function of the nervous system and maintaining sexual activity.
2. Maintain a Good Attitude
A good attitude is not just talk. A happy and relaxed mood will reduce the heart load and lower blood pressure, which is equivalent to lubricating the sexual organs so that they can function better.
Being open-minded and optimistic can always affect emotions, making the marriage stable and the relationship between husband and wife harmonious.
3. Maintain Good Living Habits
Studies have shown that bad habits such as excessive drinking, long-term insomnia, and staying up late will slow down the production of testosterone, causing gonadal hormone disorders, and clinical manifestations such as decreased libido.
Smoking will inhibit sexual function and induce erectile dysfunction. Therefore, men should try to maintain healthy and regular living habits.
4. Male Enhancement Supplements
Many people in modern society have a misunderstanding! When some men feel that their performance in bed is not good, they usually choose male enhancement supplements. Coupled with the overwhelming advertising nowadays, it has greatly misled many men!
Little did they know, it may backfire. Compared to supplements, it is more important to pay attention to nutrition in daily diet, especially for men who should eat more foods containing zinc (or other beneficial ingredients for sexual function), such as millet, lotus seeds, fish, chives, walnuts, lamb, etc.
In order to reduce sexual dysfunction, men can take supplements under the guidance of a doctor, but prescribe medication accordingly. Don’t eat health s
5. Supplement Androgens.
As men age, their hormone levels will continuously decrease. Therefore, under the guidance of a doctor, supplementing androgens appropriately can help maintain sexual ability and slow down sexual aging.
6. Regular Exercise
Exercise has a positive effect on sex. People who adhere to regular exercise have agile reactions, slow organ aging, and enhanced disease resistance.
Strength training can stimulate the secretion of male hormones, while aerobic training can effectively improve the gradually declining sexual desire of middle-aged men in a short period of time.
Meanwhile, as male erectile dysfunction is related to blood circulation, improving cardiovascular function through exercise can also effectively improve symptoms.