Could I have an allergy/ sensitivity to sex?
Posted by
Trixie
I am 26 years of age, and have been going out with my boyfriend for 5 years and approx 1year into our relationship we were on holiday in Greece and had sex, I had a shower, came out and he said OMG look at your face, its swollen. There was no redness, itching, there was no rash, but my eye lids, and beneath my eyes were puffed out, the bridge of my nose had widened. It felt like my face was very tight. The only factor I thought could have been the reason was that I used some pharamcy home brand (From a well known company) eye drops and that they had triggered it off, but it seems that that may not becessarily be the case. I mean to look at me if you had never met me you would just think I was normal, I would have an asian/ eskimo type look to me, but for anybody who would know me they wouldn't recognise me... it was very upsetting.
I couldn't understand what had happened. Where my tear ducts are, I feel a hard lump apppearing at that point when my eyes are going to swell now. They swell up approx 7-8/10 times after having sex. So we have sex, and either within a few mins I can feel the onset, or I wake up the next morning and my eyes have expolded. So you can only imagine how it has affected our sexlife.
I have spent allot of money on allergy tests and diets etc etc and nothing has worked except for a steroid cream that I put into my eyes morning and night for 10 days only, had sex a few times and nothing happpened with them??
I do believe that I have sensitive eyes. I have eczema and asthema, and seem to be, on and off, quite sensitive to products or foods etc, but never constant? It seems that i can eat/ drink some foods sometimes and then out of the blue they 'might' be a trigger for my asthema/eczema.... nothing is constant and so its hard to figure out.
If there are onions after being cut in the room and not covered... my eyes will react without me even knowing they are there. I am allergic to most dogs and get better with more exposure, but tend to not worsen myself before I get better unless I have to as i have dogs at my family home but am not always there.
As i said, i have spent so so so much money on this and would love to know an answer. The easy straight forward option would be to just go get a sperm test and have it done with but, although my boyfriend is the most amazing man in the world and sticks by me through thick and thin, it is obvious that it plays on his ego which would be sensitive seeing that he would feel as though it is his fault when it isnt and so I have been trying to find all other reasons for my allergy like, a sinus infection that i picked up and never got rid of, something to do with the sesitivity of my eyes/ nose etc etc so that I do not have to drag him down that road as it is an expensive and emotionallly painful route to go 0 even though I am taking all the pain at the moment. I am happy to try sort it out without having to constantly make us both aware of the struggle we have in front of us.
I would welcome all advice -positive as possible... negitive if constructive!
I look forward to hearing from you all.
Thank you :)
Posted by Trixie
I am 26 years of age, and have been going out with my boyfriend for 5 years and approx 1year into our relationship we were on holiday in Greece and had sex, I had a shower, came out and he said OMG look at your face, its swollen. There was no redness, itching, there was no rash, but my eye lids, and beneath my eyes were puffed out, the bridge of my nose had widened. It felt like my face was very tight. The only factor I thought could have been the reason was that I used some pharamcy home brand (From a well known company) eye drops and that they had triggered it off, but it seems that that may not becessarily be the case. I mean to look at me if you had never met me you would just think I was normal, I would have an asian/ eskimo type look to me, but for anybody who would know me they wouldn't recognise me... it was very upsetting.
I couldn't understand what had happened. Where my tear ducts are, I feel a hard lump apppearing at that point when my eyes are going to swell now. They swell up approx 7-8/10 times after having sex. So we have sex, and either within a few mins I can feel the onset, or I wake up the next morning and my eyes have expolded. So you can only imagine how it has affected our sexlife.
I have spent allot of money on allergy tests and diets etc etc and nothing has worked except for a steroid cream that I put into my eyes morning and night for 10 days only, had sex a few times and nothing happpened with them??
I do believe that I have sensitive eyes. I have eczema and asthema, and seem to be, on and off, quite sensitive to products or foods etc, but never constant? It seems that i can eat/ drink some foods sometimes and then out of the blue they 'might' be a trigger for my asthema/eczema.... nothing is constant and so its hard to figure out.
If there are onions after being cut in the room and not covered... my eyes will react without me even knowing they are there. I am allergic to most dogs and get better with more exposure, but tend to not worsen myself before I get better unless I have to as i have dogs at my family home but am not always there.
As i said, i have spent so so so much money on this and would love to know an answer. The easy straight forward option would be to just go get a sperm test and have it done with but, although my boyfriend is the most amazing man in the world and sticks by me through thick and thin, it is obvious that it plays on his ego which would be sensitive seeing that he would feel as though it is his fault when it isnt and so I have been trying to find all other reasons for my allergy like, a sinus infection that i picked up and never got rid of, something to do with the sesitivity of my eyes/ nose etc etc so that I do not have to drag him down that road as it is an expensive and emotionallly painful route to go 0 even though I am taking all the pain at the moment. I am happy to try sort it out without having to constantly make us both aware of the struggle we have in front of us.
I would welcome all advice -positive as possible... negitive if constructive!
I look forward to hearing from you all.
Thank you :)