Is cheating a health risk?
A recent study from The Journal of Sexual Medicine found that that people, who cheat in relationships, are less likely to practice safe sex with all their partners. For this conclusion researchers collected data on 801 individuals. 308 of them reported being unfaithful to a partner and 493 were in negotiated non-monogamous relationships, meaning people who have an agreement with their partner to engage in sex with others.
Participants were questioned about their sex lives and the researchers found that the cheaters have more unsafe sex and are also less likely to get tested for STDs.
According to Mens Health, cheating therefore can be a real risk for your health. They came up with even more risks for men, such as:
A fractured penis
Sex can really fracture your penis. Another recent study, published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine showed that extramarital affairs are more likely to suffer penis fractures than men who don't cheat because a lot of affairs involve sex acts in odd locations like bathroom stalls, cars, elevators, and offices. “If you have sex in a weird location or a physically awkward situation where you don’t have total control over your penis, you might not be able to protect it from getting crushed,” says Andrew Kramer, M.D., urologist at the University of Maryland Medical and the study’s lead author.
A risk for your heart
Besides the fear of getting caught, men who cheat on their spouses are more likely to die of a heart attack. The journal Circulation recently published a report that out of 5,559 people who died suddenly from heart complications, almost 75 percent of those who expired during sex, were engaging in extramarital activity. Reason for the sudden deaths? According to the researchers it might be that in most cases the person was either with a younger partner, or in an unfamiliar setting. Also they may have been engaging in sex after excessive food and alcohol consumption.
