Itching after intercourse. Is it possible to be allergic to sperm?

I'm about to ask you something very odd, but if you're a woman, you may have heard about this issue. Have you ever had sex with a male partner, and less than 30 minutes later, your vagina began to itch and burn? Does this happen when your partner ejaculates inside or at least penetrates you, so there is some precum inside your vaginal canal? These questions may sound odd, especially if you're a man. But there are women whose vaginal canals and vulvas become itchy and irritated after penetrative sex. What does this mean?

I have genital itching after having PIV sex? Why?

There are two reasons why you may have genital itching after engaging in PIV sex with someone who has a penis. Your body did not make enough natural lubrication in and around your vulva and vaginal canal, or you are allergic to your partner's sperm.

What?

Yes, you read that correctly. Just like your personality is not compatible with other people's personalities, your genital pH is not compatible with some men's sperm. You may find that sentence odd to read. Still, numerous studies have been conducted on the different biological and chemical reactions between the female vulva and vagina and the male's sperm and genital skin bacteria.

Someone who has a sperm allergy has an allergy called human seminal plasma hypersensitivity or HSP for short. It is also known as post-orgasmic illness syndrome.

Well, isn't that just fucking great? You finally found a sexual partner after a long time of being alone and wearing out multiple vibrators. When you two went out, the date was amazing, and the conversation flowed! After having amazing sex, you both just laid in bed to cuddle for hours or until both of you fell asleep. But then you felt an odd sensation between your legs.

Now you're sitting at your computer or staring at your phone, your date is either asleep on his way home, and you have just learned that you're allergic to his sperm! You can't date this amazing man you just met! It would have been better not to meet him at all!

We understand your anger and frustration. It's hard enough to find a great lover in this online dating hellhole that we call Modern dating. So when you finally find someone that you're compatible with personality was, and you have great sex, it can feel like you just hit the lottery. Unfortunately, it wasn't the lottery. You just got a scratch-off ticket.

Every time you have sex with this man whose sperm you are allergic to, you're going to develop genital itching or worse. If you ignore your body's warning signs and continue having sex with this man, you might develop a UTI or yeast infection.

When a woman has a sperm allergy, she can develop itching or a rash anywhere. Not just around the vagina and vulva. If she were to touch sperm with her hands or give her man a blowjob to contact his sperm on her tongue and mouth, she would develop itching and redness on her hands and mouth, respectively.

Essential knowledge about sperm allergies

In most cases, the first sign a woman has an allergy to sperm is when they develop itching, but a woman can also develop redness, a burning sensation, the labia minora, and majora may swell. In some cases, women can also develop hives.

Depending on the severity of the allergy, a person who has a sperm allergy will develop these symptoms around the genital area or wherever their skin comes into contact with the sperm. But in even more rare and severe cases, the allergy can involve the person's whole body, and they can go into anaphylactic shock.

So why would a person have a sperm allergy? Well, first, let's go over what an allergy is. An allergy is when your immune system comes into contact with a harmless substance and mistakes it for a dangerous entity. Women do not have sperm. In rare cases, the female body will consider the sperm an invader and try to attack it. The area will become red and inflamed if the sperm is on the outside of the genitals like the labia minora and majora. If the sperm is inside the vaginal canal and is heading towards fertilizing the egg, the body's immune system attacks it.

Can men develop sperm allergies? The answer is an astounding yes.

Although it is much rarer for men to have a sperm allergy than for women, it is possible, and there are documented cases of men having sperm allergies. In the rarest of sperm allergy cases, men can even be allergic to their own sperm.

Did I just contract an STD?

So you may have just had sex with a man, and you already feel a bit of discomfort and itching. That is very natural, and there's no cause for concern. When you develop an STD, you don't feel it 30 minutes after having sex. You usually feel symptoms of an STD anywhere from three days to a month later.

Perhaps the pH levels and body oils from each of your bodies do not work together. All you need to do is wash your private parts and put on a clean pair of underwear. But what if it has been a few days and you still feel a lot of vaginal itching. Perhaps the itching and redness have become so uncomfortable that your vaginal skin feels dry and even hot? Well, in this case, it is time for you to go to a sexual health clinic or your doctor and get an STD check.

I think I am allergic to sperm. What should I do now?

After experiencing itching, redness, hives, and inflammation on any part of your body that came into contact with sperm, the first thing you need to do is call your doctor. You must schedule an appointment with both your primary care physician and your specialized gynecologist. If you tell your doctor and gynecologist for symptoms and they agree that you may have a sperm allergy, they will ask you to retrieve a sperm sample from the man whose sperm caused this issue.

Once you give the doctor the sperm sample, they will perform a test on your skin and then diagnose you. If it turns out that you do not have the right traits for a sperm allergy, then they will schedule other tests.

I really like him. Is there a way to stop the itching?

We recommend not staying with a man whose sperm causes your genitals to itch. Constant itching and redness can be severely detrimental to the health of your genitals, including the ph and the healthy bacteria. Not only can you get a UTI or yeast infection, the more you are exposed to his sperm, the more you may be likely to develop an anaphylactic shock.

You need to treat sperm allergy like you would treat a nut allergy. Pun intended. The more exposed you are to that man's sperm, the likelier you are to develop an allergy to all men's sperm. So you need to stop having sex with this one man, or you will not be able to have PIV sex at all.

I have never experienced itching after PIV sex. Will this happen to me?

We understand that you worry after seeing the title of this article and then reading its contents. But you should know that only one in 40,000 women is affected by this type of allergy. We currently live in a world with 3.7 billion women. So that means there are less than 100,000 women that have an allergy to sperm. So it is very unlikely that you will develop it.

But even if you never develop an allergy to sperm, it is always in your best interest for your health to practice safe sex. When we are having sex, every single person is at risk of developing STDs and STIs. Some sexually transmitted diseases and infections can remain dormant inside your body for months at a time.

There are reports of people having sex with a one-night stand in March, and did they do not develop symptoms until December! If they are in a relationship with someone when they finally develop symptoms, their partner is now at risk as well. Then you could develop the dreaded HIV and AIDS. So do your present and future self a favor, buy yourself some condoms, and plan B.

Here's how to practice safe sex, in case you need a reminder:

• Always buy condoms, both latex and nonlatex. Many people have protected themselves from contracting an STD by wearing condoms with a new partner.
• Visit a health clinic regularly and get frequent STI and STD checks. Women need to get pap smear tests regularly, around every three years after the age of 21.
• When a heterosexual or lesbian couple finishes having penetrative sex, the women must go to the restroom and urinate. Doctors recommend urinating after sex because the urine flushes bacteria out of the woman's urethra, making her much less likely to develop a UTI.

• Even if you have no symptoms, itching, or redness, routinely check your genital area for blisters, stores, or strange-looking discharge. By doing this, you can catch an STD or STI that is developing. Plus, you know that you can't have sex right now, so you'll keep other people safe.
• Do not douche your genitals after sex. It can spread bacteria.

Essential safe sex

Although lacking in safe sex classes, every single person needs to learn the concept of consent. Sexual consent is critical to healthy sexual relationships. No one is entitled to 6 on demand. Their partner does not have to put out, even if the person is asking the other to put out because they are horny, or they demand it because they are the one that pays the bills. They need to keep their hands to themselves if their partner does not want sex.

If a couple has prolonged sexual issues in the relationship, both parties need to resolve the issues or break up. But a relationship is not fixed if the other person constantly demands it without fixing their approach. And it is also critical for all people to know that there is no such thing as nonconsensual sex. News stories sometimes use the phrase "nonconsensual sex" to lighten the situation and make a rapist sound like they didn't commit rape. But there are only two types of sex: consensual sex and rape or sexual assault.

If two people are having sex and one person does not like what the other person is doing, then the person stops and respects their partners' bodily autonomy. If the offending person does not stop, they have not crossed into sexual assault territory. But sex and consent are not taught in sex ed, and the phrase "enthusiastic consent" will never be uttered by tens of thousands of sex-ed teachers.

Although we cannot get into it here, enthusiastic consent occurs when a person is completely into the sexual encounter, continues to verbally approve of what is happening, and does not show signs of distress, fear, or resignation.

Conclusion

Women need to take great care of their genitals as they are far more prone to STDs, UTIs, and allergies than men are. The vagina and vulva are far more exposed to bacteria and foreign objects, like sex toys, tissues, douches, toilet paper, and underwear.

I think I should also say that no matter how much you like a man and you want to reproduce a relationship with him. If you're allergic to his sperm, you cannot have sex with him anymore.

It is possible for a woman with a sperm allergy to go into anaphylactic shock, and there is no dick on this earth worth dying for. Believe me; I've done the legwork. So if you need a great guy, but your genitals itch after you have intercourse with him, it's time to let him down easy and block his number. Luckily, there are thousands of sex stores online then you can buy any type of vibrator, clitoral stimulant, and dildo. So grab your credit card and go shopping.