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Some Women Allergic to Sex
Live Science ^
| 11/13/06
| Charles Q. Choi
Posted on 11/13/2006 1:16:59 PM PST by Millee
Women can be allergic to sex with men, but doctors are finding women can overcome this allergy through regular sex combined with treatments derived from semen.
"It's really a very rare condition, but it does happen," allergist and immunologist David Resnick at New York Presbyterian Hospital told LiveScience.
Semen allergy symptoms can include itching, burning and swelling in the genitals. In the most severe cases, hives or swelling might appear elsewhere on the body and the woman might experience difficulty breathing.
"Typically symptoms occur within 30 minutes of intercourse, but in rare cases it may be hours or even days later," Resnick explained.
One study from the University of Cincinnati of 1,073 women who sought information on semen allergy concerning their symptoms found 130 had the allergy. In some women, the reaction occurs only with one partner while others are allergic to all partners.
Women are not in all cases allergic to semen itself, but to chemicals in the semen from food, beverages or medications the man has had, ranging from penicillin to compounds in walnuts. However, "this is rare, even more rare than semen allergy itself," Resnick said.
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 2eesinmillee; 2trievers; ipw; milleehotpissantnot; moremillietrash
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To: Millee
Women can be allergic to sex with menSo that explains it,thought it was something personal.
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posted on
11/13/2006 1:42:58 PM PST
by
carlr
To: Millee
You are no pain, silly Millee!
To: Fierce Allegiance
Another woman, huh? Banned permanently? That why you're able to return?
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posted on
11/13/2006 1:43:45 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid)
To: Millee
I've had a cold for 12 days and counting....
Someone please cure me :(
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posted on
11/13/2006 1:44:24 PM PST
by
najida
(If it wasn't for fast food, I'd have no food at all.)
To: Millee
Women are not in all cases allergic to semen itself, but to chemicals in the semen from food, beverages or medications the man has had, ranging from penicillin to compounds in walnuts. However, "this is rare, even more rare than semen allergy itself," Resnick said. Um, no it's not. It's an unpleasant side effect of many antibiotics, they may also give ladies a raging yeast infection. Make him wear a condom until 3 days or so after he's finished the antibiotics.
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posted on
11/13/2006 1:44:30 PM PST
by
Valpal1
(Big Media is like Barney Fife with a gun.)
To: Lady Jag
Banned permanently? Yeah, in the real world, it's called divorce.
To: Millee; Fierce Allegiance
Woolly bully! We weren't talking about Mahvelous Millie!!
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posted on
11/13/2006 1:45:39 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid)
To: najida
Setting sail south at seventeen hundred!
To: Fierce Allegiance
At least you're rid of the problem.
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posted on
11/13/2006 1:47:13 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid)
To: Valpal1
An episode of House dealt with soemthing similar a few weeks back, IIRC.
To: Lady Jag
To: Lady Jag; Fierce Allegiance
I know, but I just jumped in there anyway. Cuz:
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posted on
11/13/2006 1:52:31 PM PST
by
Millee
(Tagline free since 10/20/06)
To: Fierce Allegiance
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posted on
11/13/2006 1:53:21 PM PST
by
najida
(If it wasn't for fast food, I'd have no food at all.)
To: Millee
You bet!
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posted on
11/13/2006 1:57:44 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid)
To: Fierce Allegiance
As long as it worked out for you. That's what matters.
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posted on
11/13/2006 1:59:00 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid)
To: Millee
Per the article...
To desensitize a woman's immune system against semen... apply diluted samples of semen to a woman's vagina every 20 minutes...."
It might kill me, but I'd die happy....
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posted on
11/13/2006 2:05:28 PM PST
by
GoldCountryRedneck
("Idiocy - Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers" - despair.com)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
LOL! Freepers are a helpful bunch! ;o)
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posted on
11/13/2006 2:06:35 PM PST
by
Millee
(Tagline free since 10/20/06)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
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posted on
11/13/2006 2:12:44 PM PST
by
Chanticleer
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point. Lewis)
To: Millee
Ahhh-choo ping!God Bless You!
;-0
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posted on
11/13/2006 3:34:48 PM PST
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: wallcrawlr
I have an injection that cures this condition in women.
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posted on
11/13/2006 5:05:20 PM PST
by
day10
(Whenever you come near the human race, there's layers and layers of nonsense.)
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