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Aphrodisiac Warning: Death of Shame!

Tue, 10 Sep 2013 Source: Confidence, Abdulai Hanan R.

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 know—when it comes to everything from food to pharmaceuticals

that are used for sexual attraction and arousal—you 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

confidencegh@gmail.com

Columnist: Confidence, Abdulai Hanan R.