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Case Reports
. 1986 Feb;14(2):110-2.
doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1986.tb01170.x.

Woman allergic to husband's sweat and semen

S Freeman
Case Reports

Woman allergic to husband's sweat and semen

S Freeman. Contact Dermatitis. 1986 Feb.

Abstract

A woman complained of severe itching and flushing after sexual intercourse or other physical contact with her husband. She developed a weal and flare on intradermal testing with her husband's semen and sweat, pooled donor semen and the sweat from her 2 sons. This is a report of allergy to human semen and the 1st reported case of allergy to human sweat.

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