If you have COVID-19 but have no symptoms, should you abstain from sex? -Life Health

Many men are suffering from COVID-19 but have no symptoms or mild symptoms, only occasional coughs and wonder if they should abstain from sex?

In this regard, according to Master. Dr. Nguyen Duy Khanh, Center for Andrology, Viet Duc Hospital, if you are infected with COVID-19, your wife has also recovered and we consider COVID-19 to be a common disease, so there is no need to abstain from sex. If the wife is not infected, the man still needs to take measures to avoid infecting his partner.

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“In my opinion, when people have COVID-19, people should not be in a hurry, after fully recovering from the disease, full of energy, they will have a perfect love life,” Dr. Khanh advised.

Before the question: In case the gentleman is slightly obese, has high blood pressure, has taken the drug Molnupiravir when he has COVID-19, is there a need to abstain, according to the Master. Dr. Nguyen Duy Khanh, Molnupiravir is a drug that inhibits the production of the virus, helping to push the virus out very quickly.

For example: A case of hypertension, diabetes, 3 coronary stents, so when I had COVID-19, I gave Molnupiravir and found it very effective.

Once you have used this drug, it will not affect your sex life, when you recover from COVID-19 you can return to your life and can have sex depending on your desire and health.

Regarding when it is safe to have sex after recovering from COVID-19, Dr Khanh said: When we first have COVID-19 symptoms, we should start testing to confirm we have the disease. Then after a negative test, the virus may still be in the human body, but the possibility of infection is much lower.

When the test is negative, I recommend taking a break for about a week to lower the virus level to ensure it is safe not to infect.

Before the information that you should limit cycling when you have COVID-19 because it will easily affect the “little boy” that has been injured by COVID-19, Master. Dr. Nguyen Duy Khanh said, in fact, many schools believe that riding a bicycle saddle pushes the cave and muscles of the perineum, so it affects the boy. But recent research shows that sports and bicycles help increase blood circulation throughout the body, increasing blood flow in the penis. Therefore, Dr. Khanh recommends exercising when in good health and has no effect at all.