Your client suffered from a myocardial infarction (MI). What advice would you give your client about maintaining sexual patterns after suffering from an MI?
1. Sex after a heart attack can easily cause sudden death.
2. Impotence and lack of sex drive always occur after a heart attack.
3. If angina occurs during sex, you should permanently stop having sex.
4. Sex can be safely assumed within a few weeks or as soon as the client feels ready.
ANS: 4
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