by PAULA SPENCER
Sex is great until, well, it’s not so great. When something goes awry, it’s easy to blame being in a bad patch or a bad relationship. Or … could your body be trying to tell you something?
“There’s an increasing awareness that sex isn’t just about quality of life—sex can be a harbinger of underlying medical conditions,” says urologist John Mulhall, director of the Sexual Medicine Program and the Sexual Medicine Research Laboratory at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City.
The following 10 sex scenes are no fun, but they’re worth mentioning to your favorite primary doctor or urologist (the specialist who handles many men’s plumbing issues).
Sex scene No. 1: You’re just not interested any more.
It might be: Low testosterone
Lots of things can cause your sex drive to shift into neutral: work stress, falling out of love, lack of sleep. (See also: Sexless After 40? Don’t Be!.) But what if those things don’t apply and you’d still rather count sheep than make love? Or if the sights and touches that once turned you on leave you literally unmoved? You might have a hormone out of whack.
“Testosterone is the most important metabolic hormone for men,” Mulhall says. “If it’s low, you’re at increased risk for osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, metabolic syndrome, and premature death—and your only symptom may be low libido.”
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(Thanks to Mansoor Sharif)