Causes of Sexual Problems for Seniors
Some sexual problems are caused by medical conditions such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes. These conditions can lead to fatigue, anxiety, or disfigurement and leave a person too weak or distracted to be able to enjoy sex after 60.
Surgery or injury can also interfere with sexual response, as
can the many medications prescribed for seniors over 60. Many times, for men,
medications can inhibit the ability to achieve and maintain erections,
resulting in impotence and erectile dysfunction along with other men’s
sexual health issues.
Lower testosterone levels are normal after 60 and can result in lower sexual
desire, loss of libido, and impotence among male sexual health problems.
Additionally, some men may choose to enhance the ability to achieve and maintain erections with sexually stimulating medications such as Viagra, Livitra, or Cialis. For others, use of these medications may be contraindicated in combination with other prescriptions, and even over-the counter medications to improve sex for senior citizens.
Both men and women can learn to dispel sexual problems, enhance libido, and improve sexual desire through fantasy. The body will respond to sexual stimulation if the mind is focused on the eroticism of the moment. Easy to say, but often hard to do. Dr. Dennis Sugrue deals with many difficult sexual situations in this part of the Sex Over Sixty DVD, which is about baby boomer sex and gives clear advice and answers to all your sexual health questions.
Sexual problems such as erectile dysfunction, impotence, vaginal
dryness loss of libido, and decreased sexual desire can often
be overcome if a person can imagine that the sexual problem does
not exist.
After 60, the mind is as important in achieving sexual satisfaction
as the body. Fantasy, eroticism, and sexual daydreams can assist the
libido, and enhance sexual desire, and physical performance to boost safe
sex for seniors.
Sexual expectations should also be adjusted to include many forms of intimate contact, including oral sex -- that’s right, talking is an aphrodisiac.
Additionally, the Sex Over Sixty DVD illustrates sexual positions that address physical needs while enhancing sexual pleasure for both men and women. Thinking sexy thoughts, focusing on the erotic, and adjusting physical positions, increases sexual pleasure, and overall enjoyment of sex for senior citizens.
