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Sperm Allergia
inoculation,"
rarely develop an immune or allergic response to semen. Still, sperm
allergies may be more common that we once thought. We are only beginning
to understand how this might happen.
There have been case reports
of complaints ranging from itching and swelling during or after
intercourse to anaphylactic symptoms comprising total body itching
and shortness of breath in women who were found to be allergic to
human semen.
A simple way to see if an
allergy might be the problem is to self-test for semen sensitivity
by using a condom to see if symptoms abate.
Other potential causes of
the symptoms could be an infection which makes the tissue very sensitive.
Is he is the only one you've experienced this with? Or is it possible
that he is ingesting something that is an irritant to you?
If you still suspect an allergy,
there is test available to detect such antibodies. A simple one
would be to collect a serum IGG and IGM to detect the body's immune
response to the antigen. A lab could detect semen "albumin-specific
IgE" and an allergy shot would show a positive reaction to an injection
with seminal plasma. Women can be given a course of hyposensitization
treatment, after which the problems sometimes disappear.
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