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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; Letaka
I want to post, but I'm laughing too hard.
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posted on
11/13/2006 7:36:03 PM PST
by
Sherri-D
(My beloved is mine and I am his. Song of Solomon 2:16)
To: Millee; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
The cause of this condition is called "marriage."
To: rzeznikj at stout; Xenalyte
*PING*! (if you haven't seen it already)...
Also, look for my 11-13-2006 Limerick on this topic.
Cheers!
To: Millee
"In some women, the reaction occurs only with one partner while others are allergic to all partners."
Why do I have a problem with this statement?
"All partners"...I think something has been omitted in the study.
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posted on
11/13/2006 9:39:26 PM PST
by
Prost1
(Fair and Unbiased as always!)
To: Millee
"It's really a very rare condition" That's not what my married friends say.
65
posted on
11/13/2006 9:41:45 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
Welcome back F.A.!!!!!
8^)
66
posted on
11/13/2006 10:34:47 PM PST
by
The SISU kid
(Apple, it's not an operating system, it's a cult!)
To: The SISU kid
To: Slings and Arrows
The cause of this condition is called "marriage."
68
posted on
11/14/2006 3:45:55 AM PST
by
maggief
To: Millee
Could this explain Rosie O'Donnell?
69
posted on
11/14/2006 4:36:14 AM PST
by
fredhead
(Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?)
To: Millee
In some women, the reaction occurs only with one partner while others are allergic to all partners.
I guess there's only one way to find out. Next!
70
posted on
11/14/2006 5:12:06 AM PST
by
Froufrou
To: jdm; Lady Jag
To: wallcrawlr
When I first started teaching (22 yrs. old) my students got me with the pearl necklace thing. "Do you like pearl necklaces?" They all laughed when I responded with a very enthusiastic "YES"!
I was pretty embarrassed when one of my friends had to explain the joke to me. LOL
72
posted on
11/14/2006 8:11:54 AM PST
by
the lastbestlady
(I now believe that we have two lives. The life we learn with and the life we live with after that.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
Fierce is Back!!!!
And on a thread about sex allergies, who'd a thunk it!
73
posted on
11/14/2006 8:17:35 AM PST
by
BJClinton
(So what? It's not like the GOP was conservative.)
To: Millee
"women can overcome this allergy through regular sex combined with treatments derived from semen."
Sometimes you just don't even know where to start with the jokes.
To: Millee
For refrigerator door posting
75
posted on
11/14/2006 8:21:56 AM PST
by
Rightly Biased
(Courage is not the lack of fear it is acting in spite of it<><)
To: rzeznikj at stout; jdm; Lady Jag
To: Tatze
with treatments derived from semen.Administer with what method?
77
posted on
11/14/2006 8:51:58 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(The snake is loose in the garden and Eve just bit the apple.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
Hey, how have you been?
Answer your question??
8^)
78
posted on
11/14/2006 9:40:30 AM PST
by
The SISU kid
(Apple, it's not an operating system, it's a cult!)
To: BJClinton
To: The SISU kid
LOL, one of those years, eh?
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