Intralymphatic Immunotherapy With Autologous Semen in a Korean Man With Post-Orgasmic Illness Syndrome
- Authors
- Kim, Tae Beom; Shim, Young Sup; Lee, Sang Min; Son, Eun Suk; Shim, Jung Woo; Lee, Sang Pyo
- Issue Date
- Jun-2018
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Keywords
- Post-Orgasmic illness; Injection; Intralymphatic; Desensitization; Immunologic; Semen
- Citation
- SEXUAL MEDICINE, v.6, no.2, pp.174 - 179
- Journal Title
- SEXUAL MEDICINE
- Volume
- 6
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 174
- End Page
- 179
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/3687
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.esxm.2017.12.004
- ISSN
- 2050-1161
- Abstract
- Post-orgasmic illness syndrome (POIS) is a very rare disease characterized by local allergic symptoms and transient flu-like illness that nearly always occur after masturbation, coitus, or spontaneous ejaculation and last for 2 to 7 days. In a previous case report, 2 patients with POIS received hyposensitization therapy composed of multiple subcutaneous injections of autologous semen that resulted in a gradual decrease of symptoms. However, this procedure requires patients to endure pain and discomfort during frequent subcutaneous injections and preceding masturbations to obtain the autologous semen used for therapy. Recent studies have suggested that intralymphatic immunotherapy is a promising new method of allergen-specific immunotherapy against allergic diseases, showing a faster onset and longer duration of therapeutic effects after only several intralymphatic injections. We report on a case of a Korean man with POIS who received intralymphatic immunotherapy that alleviated POIS-related symptoms and in whom the existence of semen-specific immunoglobulin E was confirmed using immunoglobulin E immunoblotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Copyright (C) 2018, International Society for Sexual Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
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