The syndrome is allergic to orgasm

With POIS syndrome, patients will have tears in their eyes, stuffy nose, headache and exhaustion after "peaking".

When he was first masturbating, Dean was 13 years old. After "peaking", the boy suddenly felt energy decline, his brain slowed down. "Within five seconds, I came from the top of the world to the bottom," Dean is now 24, describing Men's Health. "It feels like everything is broken."

At first, Dean believed that his reaction was completely normal. But the symptoms are getting worse, even lasting for days.

Instead of discussing with his parents, Dean decided to search for information on the Internet with a series of keywords like " post-orgasm after orgasm", "empty after orgasm". Finally, the young man caught the forum for men of the same situation. From here, Dean knows he has a post-orgasmic illness (POIS) syndrome.

According to Dutch neurologist Marcel W. Waldinger, who introduced the concept of POIS with a case in 2002, this bizarre syndrome causes flu-like symptoms after ejaculation including runny nose, stuffy nose, itchy eyes, muscle and throat aches, headache, exhaustion, fever, cognitive impairment, difficulty speaking.POIS primarily affects men only.

POIS causes flu-like symptoms.(Photo: Metro).

In the newly published work, researchers from the Department of Urology, Tulane Medical University (USA) said the world has recorded 50 cases of POIS.A person who is prone to POIS if he is constantly angry, has difficulty concentrating, has poor memory and. Symptoms mostly last 2-7 days.

Although he has never met Dean, Mr. Hoang Minh Tue Nguyen belongs to the group of authors who identify the situation of the young man including all signs of POIS.

Currently, the scientific community has not identified the cause of POIS but only made many theories. Some people believe that the syndrome due to brain imbalance causes, and other opinions refer to the phenomenon of semen allergy and autoimmune disease.Because of the scarcity, POSI has no treatment method yet, patients have to find ways to deal with it.

Under the influence of social stigma around masturbation behavior, POIS is difficult to detect. At the age of 14, Dean tried to talk to the doctor but then "too embarrassed and embarrassed". As a result, the boy was diagnosed with depression that day.

It is not possible to determine Dean's mental state that causes the disease after orgasm or vice versa. However, it is clear that POIS destroys patients' lives. Not only does it impede daily activities, it also makes emotional relationships difficult and leads to deep conflicts related to sex.

"I will be in a dilemma if I go out with a girl," Dean said. "I was young and wanted to have sex but at the same time I thought about terrible things."

After taking antidepressants, Dean's body became more stable. Now he can "go to the top" without feeling "like a truck crashed the next morning". In fact, some scientific evidence suggests that some antidepressants such as selective serotnin inhibitors are effective for patients with POIS. Antihistamines, benzodiazepines and hypersensitivity to autologous semen (patients with their own semen injection) also promise potential.

In the future, Dean hopes to "have more research to find a way to treat the disease" .

(*) The character name was changed.