Guest guest Posted May 5, 2001 Report Share Posted May 5, 2001 OK guys....I have Vulvar Vestibulitis and I just had surgery (wich so far is going good...i still havent had sexyet but its only been two weeks)..well i have been racking my brain to figure out why my skin became erritaed beacause i used to have painless sex. I have had painless sex with the guy that i am currently with for atleast six months. Now heres the question.... I have been with for over 2 and a half years. When we started having sex we used a condom (i always had up to this point) and then when we moved in with eachother like 7 months later i was on the pill and we got tested and stoped using a condom. Thats when i started having pain. I am wondering if this is a coincident? Or could i be 'alercic to him'? Please write back and tell me what you think. Am i just trying to grasp for a reason/ Thanks a bunch...melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2001 Report Share Posted May 6, 2001 It is possible to be allergic to semen. Not necessarily someones semen in paticular, although that could be the case. When you are well enough to have sex again try using condoms again and see if it is better. If condoms are irritating, I have found that sheep skin ones are more natural( if you are on the pill you don't need to worry about getting pregnate, as sheep skin condoms are not as good a form of BC as laytex). Before I was diagnosed with vulvar vestibulitis, my primary physician thought I might actualy be allergic to semen. ----Original Message Follows---- From: mkelley_97@... Reply-To: VulvarDisorders To: VulvarDisorders Subject: BIG QUESTION! Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 19:35:19 -0000 OK guys....I have Vulvar Vestibulitis and I just had surgery (wich so far is going good...i still havent had sexyet but its only been two weeks)..well i have been racking my brain to figure out why my skin became erritaed beacause i used to have painless sex. I have had painless sex with the guy that i am currently with for atleast six months. Now heres the question.... I have been with for over 2 and a half years. When we started having sex we used a condom (i always had up to this point) and then when we moved in with eachother like 7 months later i was on the pill and we got tested and stoped using a condom. Thats when i started having pain. I am wondering if this is a coincident? Or could i be 'alercic to him'? Please write back and tell me what you think. Am i just trying to grasp for a reason/ Thanks a bunch...melissa _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2001 Report Share Posted May 7, 2001 I have heard of someone being allergic to semen of her husband, yes. >>> 05/05 1:35 PM >>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2001 Report Share Posted May 7, 2001 I would certainly hope that you reviewed other possibilities before having surgery! That said, I will just let you know my post-surgery experience. I gradually improved over the next several months. When I was finally feeling better enough to try intercourse 4 months post-surgery, it hurt a lot. Starting the next day, any improvements I made since surgery were wiped out completely. I was right back to where I started, which was pain 24/7. My only advice to you is to GO SLOW - start off with manual penetration, work up very slowly (we had done manual only 1x before intercourse. If you can find one, you can even consult with a physical therapist about what to do before trying intercourse. Good luck!!! Jen > It is possible to be allergic to semen. Not necessarily someones semen in > paticular, although that could be the case. When you are well enough to > have sex again try using condoms again and see if it is better. If condoms > are irritating, I have found that sheep skin ones are more natural( if you > are on the pill you don't need to worry about getting pregnate, as sheep > skin condoms are not as good a form of BC as laytex). Before I was > diagnosed with vulvar vestibulitis, my primary physician thought I might > actualy be allergic to semen. > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: mkelley_97@h... > Reply-To: VulvarDisorders@y... > To: VulvarDisorders@y... > Subject: BIG QUESTION! > Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 19:35:19 -0000 > > OK guys....I have Vulvar Vestibulitis and I just had surgery (wich so > far is going good...i still havent had sexyet but its only been two > weeks)..well i have been racking my brain to figure out why my skin > became erritaed beacause i used to have painless sex. I have had > painless sex with the guy that i am currently with for atleast six > months. Now heres the question.... > > I have been with for over 2 and a half years. When we started > having sex we used a condom (i always had up to this point) and then > when we moved in with eachother like 7 months later i was on the pill > and we got tested and stoped using a condom. Thats when i started > having pain. I am wondering if this is a coincident? Or could i > be 'alercic to him'? Please write back and tell me what you think. Am > i just trying to grasp for a reason/ > > Thanks a bunch...melissa > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 I've tried both using condoms and without - I found that saliva helps in both cases as a great lubricant and readily available - also using "toys" so that you can control the speed of entry helps. After a while there is a certain amount of self-fulfilling prophecy if you like - I know that even if it doesn't hurt this second, I will hurt in later (either a few hours or days) so it is hard to relax, and without relaxing, you stay less lubricated. The stress on the skin area is less if it is very moist. Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2001 Report Share Posted May 9, 2001 The cause of the pain or discomfort is likely the acidic level of semen. The vagina's acidic level is a hostile environment for any living organisms that do not belong there. This includes semen. Semen has a high alkaline level, I believe. When a woman's vagina reacts negatively to semen it is as if she is allergic to it. This is a cause of infertility for some women. Having a sensitive vagina or a vaginal infection may make things worse. Debbie In a message dated 5/8/01 5:32:53 PM Mountain Daylight Time, mfields@... writes: > Anyway I recently went in the other direction. I was having burning after > sex until we recently started using condoms. The condoms stopped the > burning but the tissues around the vagina still feel irritated at times. I > think the tissues are very tender and for some of us contact with the man's > skin is irritating. I don't think it is an allergy. I think maybe it is > simply that he is rubbing salt into a wound (irritated tissue). By salt I > mean the salt in sweat and that natually on the skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 It is possible to have an allergy to semen. Here is a post from a former member of the group, Dr. Allan Gordon. Ora From allan.gordon@... Tue Jan 11 21:02:35 2000 Subject: Sperm Allergy Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 00:02:35 -0500 There were a couple of refernces to 'sperm' allergy on a Pub Med Search I am still not sure about it. Perhaps there is an underlying cyclic vulvovaginitis I will get out the article FYI J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 1999 Jul-Aug;28(4):359-63 Related Articles, Books Human seminal plasma protein allergy: a diagnosis rarely considered. Ludman BG Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Women and Newborns, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Women with seminal plasma protein allergy (SPPA) have an immunologic response to human semen. Symptoms vary from local inflammation and pruritus to systemic anaphylaxis after exposure. The first case was documented in Germany in 1958. Prevalence is difficult to determine because of the sensitive nature of the symptoms and resultant underreporting. The immunologic etiology of the allergy is not clearly understood; however, it is thought to be an IgE-mediated response from mast cells. Patients with SPPA often have recurrent vaginitis associated with intercourse and are unresponsive to traditional therapies. The gold standard of diagnosis is absence of symptoms with condom use. Treatments include cromolyn vaginal cream for local reactions and immunotherapy with human seminal plasma. Treatment success has been varied. The implications and impact of SPPA on sexuality and reproduction are significant, and this allergy should be added to the provider's list of differential diagnoses for recurrent vaginitis in sexually active women. On Sat, 05 May 2001 19:35:19 +0000, mkelley_97@... wrote: >I have been with for over 2 and a half years. When we started >having sex we used a condom (i always had up to this point) and then >when we moved in with eachother like 7 months later i was on the pill >and we got tested and stoped using a condom. Thats when i started >having pain. I am wondering if this is a coincident? Or could i >be 'alercic to him'? Please write back and tell me what you think. Am >i just trying to grasp for a reason/ > >Thanks a bunch...melissa > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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