Masturbation unsafe in uncontrolled hypertension

Masturbation by itself may not cause a BP problem but it can cause a BP spike just before and shortly after ejaculation/ orgasm.

If your hypertension is uncontrolled and you’re a high-risk patient, you may run the risk of a cardiac event or stroke when you masturbate or have sex.

But having hypertension doesn’t mean masturbation should be avoided; just make sure your BP is managed properly with medication or lifestyle changes.

If you’re worried about whether masturbation can cause hypertension, the answer to that is clear. It does not. What it can do, like sex, is to temporarily elevate your blood pressure, as you have already seen. But that never translates to a blood pressure problem on its own. Having a pre-existing hypertension issue doesn’t make the act unsafe either.