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New Theories / Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« on: 13/08/2015 03:34:00 »
Hello greg34.
Just a quick note - mine symptoms are absolutely identical, with all these tension headaches, muscle spaspms, joint pains etc. And excessive sweating too, not only during sleep, but generally. And for me it's the opposite - more tension in the morning, eventually decreasing by the end of day.
The only remedy that really helps are NSAIDs, sauna sometimes (but not at first 2-3 days after orgasm, bit later when spasms start to subside) and strong alcohol (not an option during weekdays, yeah). And also exercising helps (running, the longer distance the better, as far as achievable given the condition you're in), probably since it has some anti-inflammatory effect as well.
I've been investigating possible autoimmune origin of that and done some blood tests, but all came out normal (normal range in brackets):
- Aldolase = 3,00 U/L ( <7,5 )
- CPK (Creatine phosphokinase test) = 173 U/L (39 - 308)
- C-reactive protein = 0,90 ( <1,0 )
- Bilirubin (3 types) = all normal
- AST (aspartate aminotransferase) = 19 U/L ( <40 )
- ALT = 35 U/L ( <41)
- GGT (Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase) = 42 U/L ( <60 )
- Rheumatoid Factor (RF) = 13,1 ( <14 ) - probably elevated, on the higher boundry
Just a quick note - mine symptoms are absolutely identical, with all these tension headaches, muscle spaspms, joint pains etc. And excessive sweating too, not only during sleep, but generally. And for me it's the opposite - more tension in the morning, eventually decreasing by the end of day.
The only remedy that really helps are NSAIDs, sauna sometimes (but not at first 2-3 days after orgasm, bit later when spasms start to subside) and strong alcohol (not an option during weekdays, yeah). And also exercising helps (running, the longer distance the better, as far as achievable given the condition you're in), probably since it has some anti-inflammatory effect as well.
I've been investigating possible autoimmune origin of that and done some blood tests, but all came out normal (normal range in brackets):
- Aldolase = 3,00 U/L ( <7,5 )
- CPK (Creatine phosphokinase test) = 173 U/L (39 - 308)
- C-reactive protein = 0,90 ( <1,0 )
- Bilirubin (3 types) = all normal
- AST (aspartate aminotransferase) = 19 U/L ( <40 )
- ALT = 35 U/L ( <41)
- GGT (Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase) = 42 U/L ( <60 )
- Rheumatoid Factor (RF) = 13,1 ( <14 ) - probably elevated, on the higher boundry