Man, 22, lives with miserable orgasm allergy that triggers muscle pain, brain fog and watery eyes every time he has sex

A MAN allergic to his ain orgasms tried to steer wide of enactment for years to debar debilitating symptoms.

The 22-year-old was racked with sneezing, watery eyes, stomach cramps, musculus symptom and heavy fatigue successful the hours aft climaxing.

His symptoms grew steadily worse, leaving him incapable to get retired of furniture oregon spell to enactment for 2 oregon 3 days.

The antheral was struck by this bizarre postulation of symptoms from the precise archetypal clip helium ejaculated aged 14 and helium continued experiencing them implicit the years - aft sex, masturbation, oregon adjacent 'wet dreams'.

It got to the constituent that helium began avoiding enactment and had problems with his relationships.

Before being seen to by medics astatine the Carmel and Lin Medical Centers successful Haifa, Israel, the 22-year-old had been prescribed anti-depressants and attention shortage hyperactivity upset drugs (ADHD) by neurologist, which failed to easiness his symptoms.

He visited the session successful Haifa aft speechmaking astir semen allergies.

The diligent described his afloat database of symptoms to medics, who published a insubstantial connected them successful the American Journal of Case Reports.

"The symptoms included [a runny nose], sneezing, conjunctivitis and itchy eyes, abdominal symptom with brushed stool, [pain portion peeing], fatigue, musculus pain, lethargy, brain fog, inability to get retired of bed, trouble expressing himself, and a feeling that his encephalon is 'not functioning'," the lawsuit study authors wrote.

The symptoms started disconnected mildly 2 to 3 hours aft ejaculation and worsened 8 to 10 hours later, lasting up to 3 days.

After examining him, medics from the Carmel and Lin Medical Centers determined that helium was successful information suffering post-orgasmic unwellness syndrome (POIS).

This is simply a precise uncommon condition, with little than 500 documented successful aesculapian lit truthful far.

Medics aren't definite what brings connected the flu-like symptoms pursuing orgasm, but the information was archetypal described successful 2002  by Dutch neuropsychiatrist Dr Marcel D Waldinger, who developed criteria for diagnosing it.

Someone would request to acquisition telltale signs of the information soon aft ejaculating for 2 to 7 days successful bid to beryllium diagnosed with POIS.

The 22-year-old diligent was prescribed a operation of beardown anti-histamines, anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids, which seemed to easiness his allergy-like symptoms and feelings of weakness.

But the cause cocktail did small to alleviate his encephalon fog and cognitive symptoms.

The antheral was alternatively fixed omalizumab, a cause often utilized to dainty terrible asthma, which "completely resolved" his symptoms.

His symptoms resumed erstwhile medics tried to little his dose of the medication, truthful helium was erstwhile again enactment connected a higher dose.

"After 7 months, helium tried to halt the treatment, with recurrence of the symptoms.

"He truthful resumed attraction erstwhile much and helium is present grounds escaped and not taking immoderate different further medications for POIS," the lawsuit study authors said.

"He was besides capable to prosecute successful a relationship," they added.

Doctors suggested that semen allergies whitethorn beryllium an underlying origin of POIS.

This would trigger an autoimmune effect successful the body, which could explicate the allergy-like symptoms that immoderate men experience.

The antheral tested antagonistic for a semen allergy, meaning his information astir apt wasn't caused by an allergy to proteins successful his semen.

Doctors suspected his orgasms whitethorn person activated immune cells called mast cells, which unrecorded successful the body's connective tissues.

Mast cells are usually activated erstwhile they consciousness invaders similar bacteria and viruses, bringing connected allergy symptoms similar headaches, itching, diarrhoea, and vomiting.