2023-11-03 12:32:21
SEXOLOGY – This rare pathology can be very difficult to live with, especially if you want to have a child. Desensitization is possible, without guarantee of success.
Dr Catherine Solano is a sexologist. Trained in health ethics, she consults in urology at the Cochin hospital in Paris. She is co-founder of Doctical, a telehealth platform that supports people affected by cancer with their intimate health. She is the author of numerous works, including The big book of puberty (Robert Laffont editions).
One of my patients consulted me one day because she thought she was allergic to sperm. This may be surprising at first, but semen allergy really exists. However, this remains an extremely rare pathology. It affects approximately one in 5,000 women (i.e. 0.02%). As it is not common and concerns an intimate area, diagnosis is often late and women and couples may go years before understanding the origin of their problem.
This allergy was first described in 1958 by a Dutch gynecologist, Dr. JL Specken. In France, it has been medically recognized since…
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