Aphrodisiac Warning: Death Of Shame!

Isn't it shameful to die in an act of sexual intercourse? I mean an intercourse with someone you aren't married to or perhaps a prostitute in the corridors of brothel.

I feel uneasy to share this story with you - clearly understanding our tradition's frown on speaking unwell about the dead. But I think it will serve as a caveat for 'aphrodicts' and prospective aphro-users.

Aphrodisiac is being with our cultures for centuries particularly in the jurisdiction of sexuality and sexual matters. Every culture has a tale to tell or a myth to believe in respect to aphrodisiac. So, it shall live on until the end of time.

I can't fathom why young men lately resort to sex-enhancing drugs. At this early stage, a young man like you should be able to obtain optimum sexual satisfaction from your natural strength. You don't need aphrodisiac. You need to practise healthy living and good lifestyle - that's all and nothing more. What will you use in your old age if you depend religiously on aphrodisiac as a young man? 'Eurodisiac' I presume!

With my interaction with few guys, I have realised that the use of the drug is gaining preponderance in alarming proportions. I really don't know the specificity as in the motivation - but I can't absolve Moral Bankruptcy, Uncensored Sex Enhancers Ads and Sheer Ignorance.

Over-reliance on the drug will eventually make you powerless and might increase your affinity for it. It may eventually lead to a Rubicon where your sex life is aphrodisiac.

These sex enhancing drugs are insidiously injurious to your health - you might be gradually digging your own grave like the young man in the story I am about to tell you.

Except erectile dysfunction, which Viagra (Blue Pills) is medically endorsed to treat, any other form of medication for sexual virility should be used cautiously or avoided. However, the use of Viagra should be under the prescription and advice of a physician since it can lead to priapism. Priapism is a medical condition where an erect penis, for more than four hours, fails to fall back to its 'sober state' in the absence of physical and psychological provocation of eroticism. Other dangerous side effects may be ignited with the use of Viagra.

Premature ejaculation and a multitude of minor sexual deviations are not disorders of grave concern - aphrodisiacs should not be the final antidote but professional psychological orientation. Moreover, de-stressing and effective communication with a partner is aphrodisiac in itself.

Aphrodisiacs are largely vasodilators - drugs containing chemicals that cause the enlargement of blood vessels.

It is observed when the penis is erected; the stripes of 'veins' along it become distended or engorged with blood. The blood makes the penis erect until the blood runs back after sexual climax. However, an aphrodisiac extends time of erection for sexual activity due dilation of the veins along the penis.

However, there is a dear price to pay for continuous abuse/use of aphrodisiac as it probably leads to organic oedema. Oedema is swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities.

Non-cardiogenic (not originating from the heart) pulmonary oedema may result from aphrodisiac use. An increased circulating blood volume will lead to increase in pulmonary circulation (circulation between the heart and lungs), increase in hydrostatic pressure (pressure of fluid at rest) in the pulmonary capillaries and then oedema.

Pulmonary oedema is the accumulation of fluid in the parenchyma and airspace of the lungs thereby impairing gas exchange leading to fierce and dire consequences. In the absence of readily medical attention, the sufferer may die of poor oxygenation of vital organs.

Aphrodisiac may present life-threatening signs and symptoms in asthma and hypertension. It can also react dangerously with over-the-counter drugs on flu, cough et cetera. Even your diet could aggravate aphrodisiac.

Some foods are believed to have aphrodisiac effect: chocolates, apples, oyster, strawberries, avocados and those you know. Science may attempt to obfuscate you with incomprehensible technicalities and lexicons: tryptophan, stimulants, dopamine system and many others. Some fragrance like vanilla rose and jasmine are implicated as having aphrodisiac effect. The debate on aphrodisiac has not been conclusive scientifically.

Logically, if you return from work with an apple for your partner, she will probable feel tuned up than if you bring her oranges (may be sour one). Of course, sex will be more pleasurable in sweet scented ambience than a stench-filled atmosphere. The two biggest physical enemies of sex are being tired and being full. So, better sex is all about the mind.

Jennifer Bass, a spokesperson for the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University in Bloomington said, 'It's important to knowwhen it comes to everything from food to pharmaceuticals that are used for sexual attraction and arousalyou always have to factor in a large placebo effect.'

It is time you put an end to aphrodisiac before it put an end to you. If you are a player, never try to maximise your daily performance on your numerous sex partners by relying on it. When you are visiting the brothel, don't try to double your money worth by abusing the drug. If you don't have a full medical profile of yourself, you may advise yourself against aphrodisiac.

I will reserve the story however, for another day but my advice is 'The Powerful Aphrodisiac is Your Mind!'

Abdulai Hanan R. Confidence
Tamale Teaching Hospital
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