Little Publicized Sperm Allergy

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There's an often unexplained phenomenon among some men, who, immediately following an orgasm, come down with a flu-like illness, through being allergic to their own sperm. Some claim it happens only after a vasectomy, when the sperm comes into contact with the man's blood.

This condition in men is identified as post-orgasmic illness syndrome, or POIS. Although it's been under investigation by scientists for almost ten years, it's not widely recognized by doctors or patients. Experts believe Lots of men who show symptoms of the post-ejaculate sickness are too ashamed to come forward and discuss it with their doctor, say the experts.

Numerous women also experience sperm antibody reactions, though the cause is still quite unknown among scientists. Most of them identify this condition as seminal plasma hypersensitivity and say the woman has an allergic reaction to proteins in their partner's semen.

In the United States alone, twenty to forty thousand females are allergic to their partner's seminal fluid.

"The body recognizes semen as a foreign protein just as it would recognize a peanut allergy or pollen. So you have swelling, you have itching; you have inflammation of the nerve endings," said Dr Andrew Goldstein of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

Forty five Dutch men who had been diagnosed with POIS, were studied by Waldinger, a professor of sexual psychopharmacology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and his team.

Using a diluted form of their own semen, thirty-three of them agreed to undertake a standard skin-prick allergy test. 88% of them experienced a positive skin reaction, indicating an auto-immune response, or allergic reaction. Sperm allergy, however, is an uncommon condition and frequently misdiagnosed.

Waldinger revealed a cure for POIS, called hyposensitisation, which essentially desensitizes the recipient of the treatment. The men were given highly diluted skin injections of their own semen. Gradually this was increased, until after one to three years the symptoms were greatly minimized.

Dr David Resnick, director of allergy at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia says an allergic woman may develop hives, swollen eyes, diarrhea and even breathing difficulties. Symptoms of POIS comprise fever, runny nose, extreme fatigue and burning eyes. They come on straight after climax and can remain up to a week.



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