COPD Can Put a Damper on Sex Life

May 21st, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) — Shortness of breath during sexual
activity is common for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), a new, small study finds.

This breathlessness, also known as dyspnea, can inhibit healthy sex
lives and is more common among COPD patients than even heart failure
patients. COPD is a term used to describe certain lung conditions
including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

“We compared measures of well-being, depression and sexual function
among older patients with severe COPD or heart failure, both of which are
associated with dyspnea during exertion,” said Dr. Ejvind Frausing Hansen,
chief physician at Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark. “Dyspnea at exertion can
also limit daily activities and increase the risk of poor well-being,
social isolation, and depression,” he said in a news release from the
American Thoracic Society.

In conducting the study, the researchers asked 39 patients with COPD
and 22 patients with heart failure about their well-being, symptoms of
depression and sexual function.

The average age of the COPD patients was 66 years and the average age
of the heart failure patients was 64, the study authors noted.

Shortness of breath during sexual activity was reported by 44 percent
of the COPD patients. In contrast, only 5 percent of the heart failure
patients said they had this problem, the investigators found. And, 56
percent of COPD patients said shortness of breath limited their sexual
activity, compared to just 27 percent of heart failure patients.

About one-third of COPD and heart failure patients reported problems
with well-being. Signs of depression were reported by 34 percent of those
with COPD and 37 percent of those with heart failure. An inadequate sex
life was reported by 38 percent of those with COPD versus 32 percent of
those with heart failure.

“Patients with COPD are known to have a high prevalence of sexual
problems,” said Hansen. “Our study shows that depression and poor
well-being are also common in these patients. In our group of patients,
dyspnea that limits sexual activity was more common among COPD patients
than heart failure patients.”

The study’s findings were scheduled for presentation Monday at an
American Thoracic Society conference in San Francisco.

Data and conclusions of research presented at meetings should be
considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed medical
journal.

More information

The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has more about COPD.