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Adulterers beware... it could raise your risk of heart attack 23rd March 2011; @$ \- d: N' [& T- X. T
& i' G6 ?; H, U2 \$ UHaving a fling or one-night stand is already a risky business. But now there is another reason for adulterers to worry. 8 [; Y7 s* \+ X2 ]/ b1 B" |8 G D' H5 l0 C# I
They are probably more at risk of having a heart attack. 0 |8 [+ V) r( `$ R( z7 N; h2 H" k8 d. H! u" S
Occasional sexual activity is much more likely to cause a heart attack than regular sex, researchers have found.8 r3 I' k: f# @9 Z% |. U: [8 n5 ]
5 T F/ O6 o x9 } v: b; u. }The short-term risk of having a heart attack increases almost three-fold among those who rarely make love. 9 Z3 K% y* ^% V* z0 z% ] ]% D8 @6 a
Those who have sex more often reduce the risk of it causing a heart attack – which means happily married couples could have the advantage. 5 r' S3 O/ u5 d# @5 a1 r* e2 |5 Y1 |6 M6 K3 G& I
A review of 14 studies of heart attacks found the heart is under strain during any form of ‘episodic’ physical activity – something an individual only does rarely.' g, u5 M5 Z; X W* V% l
+ N( t, I7 j$ rOverall, there is a 3.5 times higher risk of such activity triggering a heart attack. ( S! f& w: F0 U / l& f; R; {8 {0 x( H T6 r |The risk after ‘episodic’ sexual activity – the kind associated with affairs and one-night stands – is 2.7 times higher. 7 ^! x( k" U- C J4 R% C1 Z % c- W M% ~4 z* F" ZBut the more active an individual is, either sexually or physically, the lower the risk falls, said the review in the Journal of the American Medical Association. 2 ]+ n1 z* z. D, B0 z# T3 X b" v! k* c! z" aThe relative risk of heart attack caused by a burst of activity falls by around 45 per cent for each additional time a person indulges in it a week. The risk of sudden cardiac death also falls by 30 per cent. u" S; F' {. g' a D' |1 x8 O
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The researchers, from the Tufts Medical Centre and Harvard School of Public Health, stress that the number of heart attacks actually caused by sex will be low. * @* y# n f0 B" w3 C/ S# S6 g: Z g1 k9 R% K% s6 x U
Like any physical activity, sex can increase the heart rate and blood pressure, which means the heart has to work harder. As a result, sex carries the same risk of triggering heart trouble as equally energetic forms of physical activity.2 [9 A4 Q! j+ ]0 Z- d5 I
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The higher risk during activity is then offset by a lower ‘everyday’ background risk for people who are fitter because they are more active.: `1 j, `- p' z$ l- @) ^, P
- ]- F; Y6 x9 X. W0 G. Y: IAmy Thompson, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: ‘It’s important to distinguish between what causes a heart attack, and what potentially triggers it.1 U% s3 d% w. Q. U: ]
( W- J/ I5 Z8 `'The study shows sex can act as a trigger, but this doesn’t change our viewpoint on the health benefits of physical activity.- B1 M, e5 M" J4 B4 b N
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‘To help keep your heart healthy you should aim to do 30 minutes of moderate-intensity activity, such as a brisk walk or gardening, at least five times a week. ' A& u. C: j6 j' }) Q, c: m; F5 Z9 }$ E
'Sex places no more stress on the heart than climbing a couple of flights of stairs, so people with or without heart disease need not avoid it.’
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