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Woman allergic to husband's sweat and semen
Author(s) -
Freeman Susanne
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1986.tb01170.x
Subject(s) - sweat , semen , itching , medicine , allergy , sexual intercourse , dermatology , immunology , andrology , population , environmental health
A woman complained of severe itching and flushing after sexual intercourse or other physical contact with her husband. She developed a weal and flare on intradermal testing with her husband's semen and sweat, pooled donor semen and the sweat from her 2 sans. This is a report of allergy to human semen and the 1st reported case of allergy to human sweat.