Intimate Relationship Can Lighten Parkinson's Symptoms

Illustration of couples making love, intimate on the bed. (Shutterstock)

The authors of the PRIAMO study group suggested that doctors who deal with Parkinson's patients also ask about their sex lives.


Parkinson is a disease that affects parts of the brain that control how a person moves the body. The symptoms of this disease come so slowly that the sufferer will not realize it.

Over time, conditions that initially only hand tremors will have an impact on the way patients walk, talk, sleep to think, according to WebMD .

This condition usually occurs in someone who is aged 60 years and over. But this disease can occur in young people, although it is very rare.

There is no cure for this disease, but treatment and physical therapy are believed to help relieve symptoms.

Another thing that can save someone from Parkinson's is having sex regularly, launching the Daily Mail .

Based on a recent study conducted by Salerno University in Italy and Imperial College London sufferers who had active sex lives reported having fewer motor problems and their depression scores.Illustration of a partner during lovemaking . [shutterstock]

This study does not prove that having sex can cause fewer symptoms, but sexual activity is associated with reduced symptoms. This also has an impact on the development of the disease becomes lighter in men.

Therefore, the authors of the PRIAMO study group suggested that doctors who deal with Parkinson's patients also ask about their sex lives.

Unfortunately, this study does not represent women, because to be the subject of this study a patient must be sexually active in previous years and many women are not active.

Previous research has found that sex can help boost the immune system, lower blood pressure and can even increase life expectancy .

The Daiga Heisters, a nurse specializing in Parkinson's disease, told his patients, "Use your exercise equipment and sweat with various activities such as tennis, running and cycling. Or you can try sex."