A 27-year-old man has discovered that he has an orgasm allergy, a condition that is causing him very disabling and unpleasant symptoms. So much so that he was forced to make a drastic decision.
A syndrome as rare as it is disabling. You may not know it, but some men can be allergic… to their own orgasm ! This phenomenon has a name: it is post-orgasmic illness syndrome (POMS)which would affect about a thousand people in the United States, according to Slate. This pathology, if it is not very widespread, can nevertheless be really very embarrassing. As reported by the DailyMailTuesday, October 11, a young man aged 27 definitely had to take a drastic decision because of this disease which has affected him since he was 18 years old.
And for good reason, each time he reaches orgasm, he faces a whole panoply of very disturbing symptoms like feversome muscle weakness, fits of cough, sneezing, runny nose. It may also have Rashes resembling hives or seeing the lymph nodes in his face and neck swell, the magazine detailed. Parents. Effects that are all the more undesirable as they can sometimes last for several days in a row. No longer supporting them and having found no medical treatment, the young man therefore decided never to have sex again and to no longer practice masturbation.
Allergic to own sperm
According to the DailyMailthis post-orgasmic syndrome that affects some men is actually an allergic or autoimmune reaction to their own semen. As Andrew Shanholtzer, a researcher at Oakland Medical School in the United States, explained to the British media, “this allergy would be the result of an infection or injury to the testicles which would cause microscopic amounts of semen to leak into the bloodstream. The reaction would therefore be the body’s natural response, a kind of defense mechanism.” Although there is no treatment yet, a long-lasting anti-allergic antihistamine (fexofenadine) has been used to reduce symptoms by 90% in the young man of 27 years.