Men who ejaculate enough each month lower prostate cancer risk by THIRD, docs find
MEN who ejaculate at least 21 times a month can lower their prostate cancer risk by a third, doctors have found.
A study revealed that aside from boosting your mood and giving some much needed relief, masturbating or having sex can help ‘prevent cancer’.
Around one in eight men in the UK will get prostate cancer in their lifetime.
It’s the most common cancer in men and 47,500 men are diagnosed with it each year.
Recently, Luton Town legend Mick Harford revealed he was battling prostate cancer and that he would be having radiotherapy.
Friends star James Michael Tyler also revealed he has stage four prostate cancer and is paralysed from the waist down.
Cancer will strike anyone, and with that in mind, doctors said that men who ejaculated more were less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Meaning that ejaculating more often – could actually help you look after your health.
The study was published in European Urology and experts say its worth taking note of the other benefits of frequent ejaculation.
The US experts analysed data of 31,925 who logged their monthly ejaculation.
They stated: “We found that men reporting higher compared to lower ejaculatory frequency in adulthood were less likely to be subsequently diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Know the signs - how to spot prostate cancer
In most cases, prostate cancer doesn't have any symptoms until the growth is big enough to put pressure on the urethra - that tube you pee through.
Symptoms include:
- Needing to urinate more often, especially at night
- Needing to rush to the toilet
- Difficulty in starting to pee
- Weak flow
- Straining and taking a long time while peeing
- Feeling that your bladder hasn’t emptied fully
Many men’s prostates get larger as they age because of the non-cancerous conditions, prostate enlargement and benign prostatic hyperplasia.
In fact, these two conditions are more common than prostate cancer – but that doesn’t mean the symptoms should be ignored.
The signs that the cancer has spread include bone, back or testicular pain, loss of appetite and unexplained weight loss.
They explained: “These findings provide additional evidence of a beneficial role of more frequent ejaculation throughout adult life in the aetiology of PC [prostate cancer], particularly for low-risk disease.”
For those participating in the study the average monthly ejaculation frequency was assessed at three time points: age 20–29 years, age 40–49 years, and the year before questionnaire distribution in 2015.
Ejaculating can also help relieve pain and lower feelings of stress and anxiety.
Dr Jennifer Landa, a specialist in hormone therapy, suggests that indulging in some self-love might be able to strengthen your body’s natural defence forces.
She said: “Masturbation can produce the right environment for a strengthened immune system.”
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Another study published in 2004 – over ten years before the ejaculation paper, showed masturbation caused a temporary spike in immune cells, including killer cells that fight viruses.
An example is lymphocytes – white blood cells that fight foreign invaders, including the coronavirus.
The effect lasted for around 45 minutes after orgasm, according to the study by the Department of Medical Psychology, University Clinic of Essen, Germany.
The researchers wrote: “These findings demonstrate that components of the innate immune system are activated by sexual arousal and orgasm.”