6 Things You Shouldn't Do After Intimacy

After sex, many couples always like to drink cold drinks due to dry mouth, or fall asleep immediately due to excessive physical exertion. Some couples also wash their bodies immediately after making love. Little do people know that these behaviors have negative physical and mental effects on both spouses after sex. Now, let the experts tell you the 6 things you shouldn’t do right after sex…

1. Men should not urinate immediately

Urinate promptly after sex to flush the urethra and avoid infection. For women, urinating immediately after sex is a simple and effective way to prevent urinary tract infections. Because the female urethra is shorter and straighter, bacteria from the vulva may move upward into the urethra during sexual intercourse, causing urethritis, cystitis, etc.

The contraction of the urethral sphincter and detrusor has not disappeared, which causes high urethral resistance and leads to difficulty in urination or even inability to urinate. If you are in a hurry to urinate at this time, the pressure in the urethra will increase, and the urine containing bacteria and metabolic waste will flow back into the prostate. If this continues for a long time, it will easily lead to prostatitis.

2. Can’t go to bed right away

Men generally feel tired after sex, so many people like to fall asleep, thinking that this can eliminate the feeling of fatigue. In fact, the opposite is true, which will make the fatigue after ejaculation continue until the next day.

Usually, when a couple has sex, the period from sexual excitement to orgasm usually lasts about 5 to 20 minutes, but it can also be longer than that. During sexual intercourse, the human body's sympathetic nerves are in a highly tense state, and various hormones, especially sex hormones, are secreted vigorously.

At this time, not only are the sexual organs of both parties in a highly congested state, but many tissues of the body are also involved in this special physiological process from the sexual excitement period to the orgasm period, such as: increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, deeper and faster breathing, dilation of skin blood vessels throughout the body, increased sweating, etc. Therefore, during this process, the body's energy consumption increases significantly and metabolism is enhanced.

3. Don’t eat cold food right away

During sexual intercourse, people often feel hot and thirsty, and eating cold foods will not have any adverse effects on the reproductive system. Because the changes caused by sexual excitement are only concentrated in the sensory nervous system and endocrine system, as the sexual excitement subsides, these changes will slowly return to normal. Even if eating cold things has a stimulating effect, it is only limited to the digestive tract.

However, during sexual intercourse, the sympathetic nerves are more excited, and the gastrointestinal blood flow will be reduced compared to usual times. Therefore, drinking ice water immediately before the congestion of the gastrointestinal mucosa returns to normal will cause the gastrointestinal mucosa to suddenly become cold, causing certain damage to the gastrointestinal tract. In severe cases, it may also cause gastrointestinal discomfort or colic. Whether it is summer or winter. Experts suggest that if you feel thirsty after sex, you might as well drink a small amount of warm or cool boiled water, and try not to drink ice water or iced drinks.

4. Do not blow dry immediately

You are likely to sweat all over after sex. Men like to expose their naked bodies directly to the air conditioner, which is also wrong as it gives germs an opportunity to take advantage.

After sexual intercourse, the body's ability to regulate body temperature will weaken, making it more susceptible to colds.

In addition, if you blow cold air directly, it will cause the sweat gland excretion pores to close suddenly, making it impossible for sweat to be discharged.

Therefore, even in the hot summer, you should avoid blowing cold air from the air conditioner without clothes on, and you should cover yourself with a thin blanket.

It should be noted that if you experience symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and pain after sex, it may be an infection of the urinary system and you should go to the hospital for treatment in time.

5. Don’t go straight to the bathroom

You may be doing it for cleanliness, but from the other person's perspective, you are in a hurry to end the sex and don't give the other person a chance to "do it again";

Or maybe you think sex is "dirty," and even the bodily fluids that the other person leaves on you are unclean. This situation is more common in women.

In fact, it is sufficient to do basic cleaning before and after sex. The body has a "self-defense system" and will not open a convenient channel for bacteria just because of a few minutes of intimacy after sex.

6. Don’t go to bed right away or sleep separately

One spouse may be accustomed to the comfort of "monopolizing" a bed, thinking that this way they will not be disturbed by the other when sleeping. But after sex, you should make an exception and share a bed with your partner, or at least be intimate and have a private conversation in the same bed.

At the same time, whether it is one person or both people, falling asleep immediately after passion will reduce the charm of sex. Because in this way, both parties will not have time to experience the satisfaction after sex, nor can they relive the passion of sex. Sleeping in separate beds may cause one partner to mistakenly believe that all the other's previous enthusiasm was just for "sex".