Heart disease stroke obesity are commonly associated with hypertension but not many of us are aware that it can take a huge toll on one's sex life. When walls of arteries thicken blood flow becomes restricted as a result of which blood pressure increases giving rise to various complications and erectile dysfunction is one of them. When the arteries in the penis get narrowed the blood supply to the penis gets reduced which results in an inability to sustain erection while having sex. You may like to read how hypertension or High BP affects your body. How is sex and