Think about something that could completely ruin the mood during sex. A woman from Alicante, Spain, recently had a life-threatening allergic reaction to penicillin after having intercourse with her partner, who was taking the medication.
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According to The Daily Mail, the 31-year-old woman performed oral sex on her partner and shortly afterwards started to vomit. She struggled to breathe and was covered in marks on her body.
When she went to the hospital, doctors noticed she was having a life-threatening allergic reaction – known as anaphylactic shock. According to the The American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology, anaphylaxis can be fatal if not treated.
The woman told doctors she was allergic to penicillin but had not taken the medication. However, it was discovered her partner had recently used amoxicillin, a type of penicillin, to treat an ear infection.
As a result, doctors believe her anaphylaxis was caused by the “seminal transfer of amoxicillin”. The woman had never had this type of reaction in previous encounters, so her doctors ruled out an allergy to semen. However, this can indeed happen!
More about semen allergy
According to the International Society for Sexual Medicine, a semen allergy (also known as seminal plasma hypersensitivity) is a rare allergic reaction to the proteins found in semen.
Women who have this condition often experience redness, swelling, pain, itching, and a burning sensation in the vagina (or mouth, if they have performed oral sex). Symptoms usually start from 10 to 30 minutes after contact with semen. In some of them, anaphylaxis can occur.
Ah, it’s good for you to know that this reaction can arise at any time. Sometimes the allergy is to the sperm of one partner, but not another, or it can suddenly happen with a long-term partner.
