Doctors have urged individuals to be careful as this case now reveals that people can be affected by drugs during sex. The life threatening reaction started after she swallowed his semen. Immediately she started to vomit and was running out of breath. Her partner was the one taking these medications to treat some illnesses, she never touched them but only came in contact with them through sex.
The unidentified woman swallowed her lover’s semen and, afterwards, began to vomit, struggle to breathe and began breaking out in hives. The patient, from Alicante in Spain, went to the hospital with suspected anaphylactic shock.
It is unclear how long after the sexual encounter the woman sought help for her allergic reaction.
Doctors in Spain ruled out a rare semen allergy when the woman admitted to doctors that she never suffered any symptoms in her previous sexual encounters. Medical officials then discovered that her 32-year-old partner had taken moxicillin-clavulanic acid, a form of penicillin, to treat an ear infection.
As a result, doctors suspected her anaphylaxis was caused by “seminal transfer of amoxicillin.”
The case, published in the British Medical Journal Case Reports, is believed to be the first of its kind — ever — to be recorded.
Doctors who treated the 31-year-old woman have now urged individuals who may have a drug allergy to “be aware” of the potential risk from oral sex and to ensure they use condoms when performing sexual acts with their partner.
The man, who also has not been identified, took the medication four hours before having any sexual contact with the woman.