• Question: Could diseases from having sex effect your heart?

    Asked by EQPerry to Michael on 9 Nov 2015.
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      Michael Schneider answered on 9 Nov 2015:

      Yes. Many infections that are transmitted through sex can infect and damage the heart valves (syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia). Many people with HIV have chronic inflammation of their blood vessels, that can lead to heart attacks.

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