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Dutch Doctor Identifies Post-Orgasmic Syndrome
Reters Health via Yahoo ^
| 4-12-02
| anon
Posted on 04/14/2002 8:31:35 AM PDT by Pharmboy
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Tired and sweaty after sex? A Dutch doctor said on Friday he is studying a rare new syndrome among middle-aged men who complain of flu-like symptoms for up to a week after having an orgasm.
Marcel Waldinger, head of the department of psychiatry and neurosexology at Leyenburg Hospital in the Hague (news - web sites), said he planned to publish a report on "post-orgasmic illness syndrome" in the US Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy this month.
Waldinger has seen five Dutch men in as many years in his surgery complaining of a range of flu-like symptoms, including a sore throat, sweating, extreme fatigue and eye irritation after sex.
"Men developed influenza-like symptoms within minutes of having an orgasm. It is like having a serious flu. This happens as soon as they have an orgasm," said Waldinger.
"It is a new syndrome or a syndrome which is old but has not been looked at properly."
The syndrome could be a physical disorder caused by an allergic reaction or the immune system in direct response to the release of chemicals in the body after sex. The symptoms lasted between three and seven days, he said.
"We know that during orgasm and ejaculation very specific compounds like hormones are released into the nervous system. One hypothesis is that they might have had an allergic reaction to one of those compounds," Waldinger said.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: health; sex
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Post-shtupping syndrome? Can you take off from work for this?
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posted on
04/14/2002 8:31:36 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
To: Pharmboy
It's a good thing it's not real or I'd be a dead man...
To: Pharmboy
Wow, middle age years must be pretty tough. Three to seven days?!?!?! --Doug, age 38
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posted on
04/14/2002 8:39:03 AM PDT
by
WhyToKay
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To: Pharmboy
Too bad x-42 didn't get this one.
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posted on
04/14/2002 8:40:24 AM PDT
by
11B3
To: go star go
There you go...bragging again..LOL!
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posted on
04/14/2002 8:42:33 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
To: Pharmboy
And here I thought my husband was faking so he wouldn't have to run the sweeper.
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posted on
04/14/2002 8:42:51 AM PDT
by
RJayneJ
To: LindaSOG
...and what about FR posters?
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posted on
04/14/2002 8:43:40 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
To: Pharmboy
Western Civilization must be in pretty good shape if there's time to study problems like this.
To: Pharmboy
Those guys should count their blessings. After some of us have sex we catch an incurable disease -- matrimony. Yes, it is as scary as it sounds!
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posted on
04/14/2002 8:48:16 AM PDT
by
jlogajan
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To: Pharmboy
Can you take off from work for this?Not only can you take off - the ADD act requires employers to make the workplace PSS accessable.
To: Pharmboy
...complaining of a range of flu-like symptoms, including a sore throat, sweating, extreme fatigue and eye irritation after sex.
"I'll have to settle for eating sushi."
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posted on
04/14/2002 8:57:00 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: Pharmboy
What is this "orgasm" thing everyone talks about?
--Linda
To: Own Drummer
Trying to remember... What ever it is/was, I'm pretty shure the lack of it is not life threatening. :)
To: BMCDA; longshadow; PatrickHenry; RadioAstronomer
Sunday morning reading material! ;)
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posted on
04/14/2002 9:01:14 AM PDT
by
Scully
To: LindaSOG
Apology accepted ;-).
But, don't you think it's interesting that women don't get this (and is that why you folks live longer)?
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posted on
04/14/2002 9:01:51 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
To: Own Drummer
Linda--you just haven't met the right guy!!
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posted on
04/14/2002 9:02:56 AM PDT
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Pharmboy
To: Own Drummer
Does my HMO cover stuff like this? And will there be a special foundation looking for a cure for this?
To: Pharmboy
It's about time we men got our very own pseudo-syndrome. I was coming down with lackasyndrome syndrome.
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posted on
04/14/2002 9:06:39 AM PDT
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Vinnie
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