what is the medical effect of masturbation?
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Self pleasure is a natural and healthy part of life. There are no medical effects to self pleasure at all (most men do it 3-4 times a week). If anything, self pleasure should improve your sex life by helping you know your body better and gain more control.
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It might be good for your body, but apparently it does nothing for your spelling skills. While you are touching yourself try to remember:\n\nIt's spelled MASTURBATION
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Masturbation does not make you weaker during sex. If you masturbate right before sex, it might make you unable to reach orgasm during intercourse. If you masturbate regularly it can prolong your sexual encounters in general, learning "control" so to speak. This is only speaking from my experience, maybe everyone is not the same.
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• Masturbation  helps relieve stress. It also causes your body to release endorphins (pleasure hormones) which make you more chilled-out.
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Masturbation, or self-stimulation of the genitals for pleasure, is not a dangerous or bad activity for men or women. In fact, it is quite normal. It cannot cause any health problems-- even though there are many myths that warn of dangers. Masturbation does not cause fertility changes in men or women, such as decreased sperm or egg counts.\n\n    There is no numerical safety limit to how many times a day one can or should masturbate. The only time a person should be concerned is if his or her masturbation is so frequent that it significantly interferes with other aspects of the individual's life. For example, if a young man stops socializing because all he wants to do is masturbate, he may become socially withdrawn which creates its own problems. Otherwise, pleasuring oneself is safe and enjoyable.
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Well, "************" has the number of letters as "masturb*tion," which is censored.  And there have been studies to show that more frequent ejaculation -- whether through masturb*tion or sexual intercourse -- reduces the risk of prostate cancer.  Read about it here: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4861
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Check with your doctor, first and foremost. Then maybe change the way you masturbate. You could be causing harm to your body.
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Masturbation is definitely a healthy sexual activity. It is one way for you to enjoy your own body, and to give yourself sexual pleasure. It can also tune you in to your own sexual likes and dislikes. You then have the choice of sharing that information with a sexual partner to enhance a sexual relationship.
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In general, it is not harmful. There is nothing physically damaging about masterbating. Its not going to make you sterile, or use up your sperm, or anything like that.\n\nIf masterbation becomes compulsive, you are spending a lot of time masterbating that you should be spending on other life activities, or if you masterbate at the expense of interpersonal relationships then it can be harmful to you socially or emotionally.
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Well its not bad to masturbate..as a doctor i recommend to have it for atleast 3 times a weak...You people know onething..masturbation is good medicine for physical aswell mental growth...its maintains the hormone level in our body and  get self control...You can self analyse it by yourself...just dont masturbate for a week or so..you mind will slowly start to have an urge to have sex...Its the symptoms hormonal imbalance..so its better u masturbate in specified intervals so that u can balance it.\n\nDr.K
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Please do!  Masturbation is  a wonderful  tool for your own sexual health.  You will be surprised to find out how differently sex with someone else feels after you have masturbated, and have a different understanding of your  own body.  Be creative with yourself, fall in love with YOU first!!!!
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Actually choosing a diet that suits your blood group is recommended for controlling prostate cancer.But I guess masturbating will relax you and take your mind off your problems so it might minimise the risk.
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masturbation , as doctors say its healthy.... but for body building it may be bad since it contains proteins
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Masturbation can be defined as self-stimulation to cause sexual sensations. The use of the word masturbation usually suggests that the person is manipulating his or her genitals to the point of intense pleasure or orgasm. Health professionals generally agree that this private touching is a natural, normal mode of self-exploration and sexual expression. Unfortunately, after the excitement of the moment has passed, many people find themselves filled with guilty and or shame. Most surveys suggest that approximately 94% of teenage males "admitted" that they masturbated and about 70% of teen females "admitted" to this also. It is always hard to establish absolute truth in any survey on sexuality and sexual behavior, since they are influenced so much by what people think is "normal". It is important to note the word "admitted" in the results of these surveys. Doesn't that word imply something shameful about the act of masturbating? We think so. This leads us to believe that we are still suffering from the residual Victorian morals when boys and girls were discouraged from masturbating. According to some sexuality experts people who masturbate tend to function better sexually when with a partner since they know their own body and have fulfilled sexual expression.In a moderate way we can say that masturbation seems to be a common, "normal", healthy way to get sexual satisfaction. It is one that is safe and does NOT run the risks of pregnancy, STDs or incompatible sexual preferences.If you are sore from spending TOO much time with yourself -- stop and let your body heal, getting irritated skin is NOT uncommon, so don't panic. If it persists see your health care provider. The frequency of Self-mutilation( masturbation) occurs mostly in young people, and it is three times more common in women than in men. Masturbation and intercourse are different experiences. Masturbation does not have to diminish the experience of intercourse, nor the other way around. For many people, it is not a one or the other concept or reality.For most people, orgasm from intercourse is less intense because their own masturbation pattern differs from the sensation of arousal or response when they are with someone. For women, in particular, the pleasure from masturbation is more intense than both the experience of intercourse and orgasm through intercourse, for different reasons. During intercourse, while a woman experiences closeness, tenderness, and lust, she does not usually get the stimulation on her clitoris that she is used to or familiar with from masturbation. This is neither good nor bad. Instead a partner can teach his.her partner to how to give his/her pleasure in other ways and masturbation always give a person the opportunity to better understanding of their own body and functioning, the arousing patterns and the supporting spots/hot spots in their own body which will benefit in future sex acts with their partner. \nUnfortunately the only negaive effect regard to masturbatory habit is the sin/imoorality/overall health fears and especially sexual fitness in future which will lead to performance anxiety and low confidence/self esteem which can afect your performance and givign pleasure/reaching pleasure and climax etc.also erection problems and intentional avoidance, fear of penis shrinking, erection capacity, loss of semen and its future pregnating capacity etc. All these are only imginary without having enough grounds and medical suport which is needed.
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MASTURBATION MYTHS:\nfrom http://www.jackinworld.com/library/myths.html\n\nChances are, of all the things you've heard about masturbation, most of them were absolutely false. For some reason, misinformation surrounds masturbation like virtually no other topic. How do you spot a masturbation myth? One simple method is to ask yourself if the statement is also true of sexual intercourse. When you're masturbating, your body only knows it's getting sexually stimulated; it doesn't know by what means. So, for instance, if the question is whether or not masturbation causes acne, think of it this way: If it did, intercourse would also cause acne. In fact, neither masturbation nor intercourse cause acne.\n\nMYTH:\nMasturbation causes hair to grow on your palms.\nFACT:\nHow many people with hair on their palms have you seen?  \nMYTH:\nMasturbation causes hair loss, chronic fatigue, and other problems.\nFACT:\nInternet scam artists have tried to invent a concept called "overmasturbation," insisting that you have to buy their expensive herbal pills in order to counteract the effect of masturbating more than a couple of times per week. But the pills have absolutely no effect — and masturbating once or twice a day will not make your hair fall out, or cause anything else they claim.\nMYTH:\nMasturbation is bad for your eyesight. \nFACT:\nMasturbation does not affect eyesight. This myth probably originated because boys often start having to wear glasses at about the same age they start masturbating. \nMYTH:\nMasturbation causes your penis to stop growing (or) to get bigger. \nFACT:\nMasturbation has no effect on penis size whatsoever. \nMYTH:\nMasturbation causes your testicles to shrink.\nFACT:\nAbsolutely false! It is true that if you're highly aroused, your testicles become engorged with blood and may appear slightly larger and heavier, and that masturbating will make them revert to normal. But they will absolutely not be any smaller than after the last time you masturbated. \nMYTH:\nMasturbation causes acne. \nFACT:\nIt doesn't cause acne. Like the eyesight myth, this is a case of two things that happen at the same time, even though one doesn't cause the other. \nMYTH:\nMasturbation causes sexually transmitted diseases. \nFACT:\nHello? "Sexually transmitted" means from one person to another. You can't give yourself a sexually transmitted disease! \nMYTH:\nIf you masturbate too much, you'll run out of semen and become sterile. \nFACT:\nSemen is a fully renewable resource. When you ejaculate semen, your body simply makes more — the same way your body makes more saliva after you spit. \nMYTH:\nPeople can tell whether you masturbate by how your penis looks. \nFACT:\nMasturbation does not change the appearance of your penis. (It does tend to cause an erection, but that usually goes away when you're finished.) \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------\n\nConnection between ejaculation frequency and prostate health \nhttp://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/4961.html\n\nQUESTION:\nI have been coming across articles on the connection between masturbation, ejaculation, and overall health. I was very surprised about this article from the Cancer Council Victoria in Australia . It was a study that confirmed that ejaculation frequency is important for a healthy prostate. The protective effect was most significant in men in their twenties who ejaculated on average 7 or more times per week. It compared this against same-age men who ejaculated less than 3 times per week. I made a New Year's resolution to pay attention to my body and to ejaculate at least once a day. I feel much better for it and my penis strength and sexual urge has increased immensely. I feel balanced. After a year, I can't imagine going back to my old repressed frequency and probably couldn?t keep from cumming for a whole day if I tried now. Why aren?t people made aware of this need? After getting
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Masturbation is natural for humans sexual growth and satisfaction.  \n   \n   Many religions may disapprove of this practice, but I would say that many health experts would state that's its perfectly normal for developing children and completely acceptable for adults.
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MASTURBATION MYTHS:\nfrom http://www.jackinworld.com/library/myths.html\n\nChances are, of all the things you've heard about masturbation, most of them were absolutely false. For some reason, misinformation surrounds masturbation like virtually no other topic. How do you spot a masturbation myth? One simple method is to ask yourself if the statement is also true of sexual intercourse. When you're masturbating, your body only knows it's getting sexually stimulated; it doesn't know by what means. So, for instance, if the question is whether or not masturbation causes acne, think of it this way: If it did, intercourse would also cause acne. In fact, neither masturbation nor intercourse cause acne.\n\nMYTH:\nMasturbation causes hair to grow on your palms.\nFACT:\nHow many people with hair on their palms have you seen?  \nMYTH:\nMasturbation causes hair loss, chronic fatigue, and other problems.\nFACT:\nInternet scam artists have tried to invent a concept called "overmasturbation," insisting that you have to buy their expensive herbal pills in order to counteract the effect of masturbating more than a couple of times per week. But the pills have absolutely no effect — and masturbating once or twice a day will not make your hair fall out, or cause anything else they claim.\nMYTH:\nMasturbation is bad for your eyesight. \nFACT:\nMasturbation does not affect eyesight. This myth probably originated because boys often start having to wear glasses at about the same age they start masturbating. \nMYTH:\nMasturbation causes your penis to stop growing (or) to get bigger. \nFACT:\nMasturbation has no effect on penis size whatsoever. \nMYTH:\nMasturbation causes your testicles to shrink.\nFACT:\nAbsolutely false! It is true that if you're highly aroused, your testicles become engorged with blood and may appear slightly larger and heavier, and that masturbating will make them revert to normal. But they will absolutely not be any smaller than after the last time you masturbated. \nMYTH:\nMasturbation causes acne. \nFACT:\nIt doesn't cause acne. Like the eyesight myth, this is a case of two things that happen at the same time, even though one doesn't cause the other. \nMYTH:\nMasturbation causes sexually transmitted diseases. \nFACT:\nHello? "Sexually transmitted" means from one person to another. You can't give yourself a sexually transmitted disease! \nMYTH:\nIf you masturbate too much, you'll run out of semen and become sterile. \nFACT:\nSemen is a fully renewable resource. When you ejaculate semen, your body simply makes more — the same way your body makes more saliva after you spit. \nMYTH:\nPeople can tell whether you masturbate by how your penis looks.