The plateau phase is brief and intense. Many of the changes in the resolution phase are over in ten minutes. Renewed stimulation will arouse most women just after intercourse, but most men have a refractory period immediately after sexual intercourse when re-stimulation and achieving an erection is impossible. In both genders, apart from the changes in genitals, certain significant changes in other parts of the body occur. They disappear five minutes after the orgasm.
Muscle tension occurs, causing nipple erection, tense thighs, arched back, flared nostrils etc.
This tension fades within five minutes of the orgasm. A thin film of perspiration may cover the entire body after orgasm. Heart rate, breathing rate and blood pressure go up in both genders during excitement, plateau and orgasmic phases. They return to normal soon after orgasm. All rights reserved.