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Article: Growing old will change - but shouldn't diminish - your sex life
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 21, 1990
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DEAR KEN: My husband and I are both over 50 and we have been
worrying about our sex lives. What kind of physical changes can we
expect as we grow older?
DELORES,
DOWNERS GROVE
DEAR DELORES: According to the "Johns Hopkins Medical Letter,"
as a man ages, it takes longer to achieve an erection. This is
neither an indication of decreased sexuality nor impending impotence.
Rather, it is the result of physiological changes: The body
secretes less testosterone (the hormone that regulates sexual
performance and desire), it conducts nerve impulses more slowly, and
the arteries in the penis are less able to maintain the blood
pressure necessary for a full erection. The result? A man may ...