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My POIS started with palpatations and the symptoms grew from there. Ive been to a cardiologist twice. He said my heart is great. They said I do have murmor but nothing to worry about. I ask him if maybe it could be a leaky valve. He assured me it was nothing. My palpatations are gone now but I do get the throbbing and racing feel during POIS.
POIS Conquers Microsoft! (MSN Health! [])http://health.msn.com/health-topics/sexual-health/mens-sexual-health/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100269396
edit - From a physician friend just now received: "I don't know if it is as destructive as cocaine and heroin (which would do the same job), but tramadol is a synthetic opioid. Used very judiciously, that is no big deal. It would be like people who take a Vicodin once in a while when their back goes out. I don't really know if Tramadol 100 mg is a lot or not. Gabapentin 300 mg is not a lot."
Quote from: demografx on 31/01/2011 18:10:13POIS Conquers Microsoft! (MSN Health! [])http://health.msn.com/health-topics/sexual-health/mens-sexual-health/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100269396I don't know where they get these statements:"Once thought to be a psychological illness"and"researchers estimate that it affects less than one percent of the population".What researchers?Perhaps we should write a letter to the author:"Andrew Daniels for Men's Health "
...... Regarding Counterpoints' post, I wonder if symptoms of people who develop antibodies to their own semen after vasectomy reversal are somewhat identical to ours, can anybody illuminate this?
Quote from: demografx on 31/01/2011 15:16:17edit - From a physician friend just now received: "I don't know if it is as destructive as cocaine and heroin (which would do the same job), but tramadol is a synthetic opioid. Used very judiciously, that is no big deal. It would be like people who take a Vicodin once in a while when their back goes out. I don't really know if Tramadol 100 mg is a lot or not. Gabapentin 300 mg is not a lot." Thank you for clarifying, Demo, but I didn't mean to be pretentious at all. Just wanted to stress that possible side effects of these drugs may be really lethal. It really should be given only with a receipt and only in severe cases to cease pain (spasms or oncological diseases).
Quote from: Counterpoints on 31/01/2011 18:20:06I don't know where they get these statements:"Once thought to be a psychological illness"and"researchers estimate that it affects less than one percent of the population".Perhaps we should write a letter to the author:"Andrew Daniels for Men's Health "Who's going to write....
I don't know where they get these statements:"Once thought to be a psychological illness"and"researchers estimate that it affects less than one percent of the population".Perhaps we should write a letter to the author:"Andrew Daniels for Men's Health "
Thus, as fas as I understand your explanation, blending of blood and sperm is mandatory to cause the autoimmune reaction? And hence, each of us suffering from POIS must possess a gap or some other reason for leakage of sperm beyond the sperm ducts and urinary tract?This leads to the conclusion that POIS is of a traumatic etymology.
Dear Andrew Daniels,Thank you for an interesting article about the "orgasm flu". I am writing you because there are significant factual errors in the article, which could cause POIS patients to needlessly suffer and to be treated unfairly.The physician you quote, Dr. Resnick, appears to be unaware of the medical literature relating to auto-immune sperm allergies. It is said that 60-70% of men who have had a vasectomy develop an auto-immune reaction to their own sperm, because the physical barrier of Sertoli cells is removed. This is why many vasectomies are not reversible. To quote from a 2007 medical article (linked below),"Certain organs – including the testes and the brain – exist in what is the equivalent of a gated community in the body. Tiny tubes within the testes (in which sperm are produced) are protected by a physical barrier of Sertoli cells. The tight connections between these cells prevent blood-borne infections and poisonous molecules from entering the semen.After a vasectomy, however, the protective barrier is broken and semen mixes into the blood. The immune system recognizes the sperm as invading foreign agents and produces anti-sperm antibodies in 60 to 70 percent of men."Also, the statements "once thought to be a psychological illness" and "researchers estimate that it affects less than one percent of the population" are untrue. POIS was not known to the medical community prior to 2002, so it was never generally thought to be a psychological illness. Likewise, no researchers have attempted to estimate what percent of the population are affected by POIS. This latter statistic may be due to confusion with studies done on post orgasmic headaches.Finally, the symptom list, which is now routinely getting circulated by the media, is not especially accurate. The wikipedia article on POIS is a more accurate characterisation. Specifically, the cognitive problems are severe, and often appear in patients who have no physical symptoms. One of the significant cognitive problems is aphasia -- finding it difficult to formulate thoughts into sentences, having trouble remembering words, and having difficult reading and absorbing information. These symptoms are notable, but transient. They disappear after about a week following orgasm.Could you please amend your article, for the sake of the many people who have this condition and are hoping for treatment and further research?Thank you.Links:http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2007/02/13/vasectomy-may-lead-to-dementia-from-autoimmune-brain-damage/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POIS
Sent to Andrew Daniels:QuoteDear Andrew Daniels,Thank you for an interesting article about the "orgasm flu". I am writing you because there are significant factual errors in the article, which could cause POIS patients to needlessly suffer and to be treated unfairly.The physician you quote, Dr. Resnick, appears to be unaware of the medical literature relating to auto-immune sperm allergies. It is said that 60-70% of men who have had a vasectomy develop an auto-immune reaction to their own sperm, because the physical barrier of Sertoli cells is removed. This is why many vasectomies are not reversible. To quote from a 2007 medical article (linked below),"Certain organs – including the testes and the brain – exist in what is the equivalent of a gated community in the body. Tiny tubes within the testes (in which sperm are produced) are protected by a physical barrier of Sertoli cells. The tight connections between these cells prevent blood-borne infections and poisonous molecules from entering the semen.After a vasectomy, however, the protective barrier is broken and semen mixes into the blood. The immune system recognizes the sperm as invading foreign agents and produces anti-sperm antibodies in 60 to 70 percent of men."Also, the statements "once thought to be a psychological illness" and "researchers estimate that it affects less than one percent of the population" are untrue. POIS was not known to the medical community prior to 2002, so it was never generally thought to be a psychological illness. Likewise, no researchers have attempted to estimate what percent of the population are affected by POIS. This latter statistic may be due to confusion with studies done on post orgasmic headaches.Finally, the symptom list, which is now routinely getting circulated by the media, is not especially accurate. The wikipedia article on POIS is a more accurate characterisation. Specifically, the cognitive problems are severe, and often appear in patients who have no physical symptoms. One of the significant cognitive problems is aphasia -- finding it difficult to formulate thoughts into sentences, having trouble remembering words, and having difficult reading and absorbing information. These symptoms are notable, but transient. They disappear after about a week following orgasm.Could you please amend your article, for the sake of the many people who have this condition and are hoping for treatment and further research?Thank you.Links:http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2007/02/13/vasectomy-may-lead-to-dementia-from-autoimmune-brain-damage/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POIS
I don't know where they get..."researchers estimate that it affects less than one percent of the population".
This "gap" we are looking for, or the faulty blood sperm barrier, could this be my Spermatocele http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/443432-overviewThe DR found this a few years back, around the same time my POIS started!If this "buldge" broke or allow sperm to leak into the blood......Thoughts?PS.
Quote from: Counterpoints on 31/01/2011 18:20:06I don't know where they get..."researchers estimate that it affects less than one percent of the population".I think wikipedia states 1/4 to 1% of the population?
Ya see? With Wikipedia everybody can be an expert! [][]"Experts say". Ohh I like that!