# Illicit Sex Bad for Health **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illicit-sex-bad-for-health/429115 "2007-12-07T03:07:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illicit-sex-bad-for-health/429115/1 "2007-12-07T03:07:55Z")
Story [here](http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/12/3/nation/19644828&sec=nation) , out of \*The Star \* in Kuala Lumpur. “Out of 5,529 heart attack deaths in Asia , 34 happened during sex. Of that number, 27 were having illicit sex.” So get that checkup if you’re planning to fool around. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_of\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@Sock\_of\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_of_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illicit-sex-bad-for-health/429115/2 "2007-12-07T14:03:40Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Wong] Dr Wong was quoted as saying that a heart patient should control his emotions, not get overstressed, watch his diet and perform at least 20 minutes of physical exercise daily. [/QUOTE] But what if my 20 minutes of physical exercise a day _is_ illicit sex? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illicit-sex-bad-for-health/429115/3 "2007-12-07T14:24:16Z")
I’d want to see some control studies done. Perhaps, of the group most likely to have a heart attack (middle-aged and older men), 80% of their sex is illicit? In that case, just having sex is dangerous. As for me, I like living dangerously 🙂