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Article: High Blood Pressure Can Affect Your Sex Life, Says the Harvard Heart Letter.
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- October 1, 2004
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BOSTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite its seeming invisibility, high blood pressure is dangerous, even deadly. Its effects can linger throughout many life activities, including sex. The October issue of the Harvard Heart Letter examines the overlooked connection between high blood pressure and a healthy sex life.
One of the biggest problems with high blood pressure is that many people who have it don't feel it. The absence of immediate symptoms makes it easy to ignore, or stop drug treatment when side effects appear. One group of these side effects-sexual problems-are a main reason people stop taking drugs that lower blood pressure. Sex-related side effects ...