ITCHING and pain when you wee could mean you're
allergic to your partner's semen, experts reveal.
SEX CAN KILL: Some people are so allergic to
semen that it can be fatal [GETTY]
This embarrassing problem is ruining
couples' sex lives and it's more common than you think – with 12% of the
population suffering with it.
Mild symptoms can include irritation,
itching, pain when you pee and eczema 'down there'.
But in the more series cases the allergic
reaction can actually be fatal.
An expert in reproductive science has
claims that women aged between 20 and 30 are thought to be the worst affected –
displaying symptoms such as anaphylactic shock just one hour after exposure.
Dr Michael Carroll, a lecturer at
Manchester Metropolitan University, thinks the allergy could be more common
than expected as many are to shy to visit their doctor about it.
Marie Cuthbertson, 50, sought help for
irritating symptoms after sex with her husband during her thirties.
Doctors would imply her husband Mark, 49,
could have been unfaithful and she was often prescribed antibiotics to treat a
sexually transmitted disease.
"All the doctors dismissed out of hand
my suggestion that I was suffering a physical reaction to sex," said
Marie.
"They said such things did not happen
and implied my partner could have been unfaithful - which was insulting to both
of us.”down there' [GETTY]
In an effort to enjoy their sex life the
couple, from Sheffield, tried to make a joke of their situation.
But her vaginal pain continued to get
worse.
"The inflammation and discharge only
flare up in the hours afterwards. I was sure the problem was not an
infection," she said.
After 10 years of suffering, Marie was
finally transferred to a hospital genitourinary clinic, where the doctor said
she could be allergic to semen and that condoms were the only solution.
"The doctor was fantastic. I told him
I believed I was allergic to sex. He said that he had read clinical reports
saying this definitely does happen," said Marie.
"We didn't want to be using condoms,
but the solution did work."
The cause of the problem is still unknown
but family history can be a factor.
And it's not only women who can suffer with
the allergy.
In some rare cases, men can be allergic to
their own semen.
Symptoms include a flu-like illness, with
pain, redness and discomfort affecting the head, eyes, nose, throat and
muscles, extreme fatigue and difficulty concentrating.
Dutch researchers identified 45 men with
the problem in The Journal Of Sexual Medicine, published four years ago.
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