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Men can be 'allergic' to their own orgasms, experts say.
French researchers studying the extremely rare post-orgasmic illness syndrome (POIS) claim it can manifest itself as seven different types of symptoms.
Some unfortunate men might be struck down with headaches, burning eyes or a runny nose that last seconds, minutes or even hours after ejaculation.
Others, doctors found, can experience a sore throat, fever, muscle weakness and fatigue.
French researchers studying the extremely rare post-orgasmic illness syndrome (POIS) claim it can manifest itself as seven different types of symptoms. Some unfortunate men might be struck down with headaches, burning eyes or a runny nose that last seconds, minutes or even hours after ejaculation
The symptoms can be triggered by intercourse, masturbation or even after spontaneous nocturnal ejaculation, say researchers.
More extreme symptoms of POIS could include palpitations or incoherent speech, an expert at Hospital Center des Quatre Villes, on the outskirts of Paris, wrote in a French medical journal.
While it was first reported in 2002, experts have only examined around 60 cases in the two decades since.
Thousands more men could be
