Woman allergic to husband's sweat and semen.
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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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000209:etiology*; D007428:Intradermal Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012661:Semen / Q000276:immunology; D013542:Sweat / Q000276:immunology