After having unprotected intercourse with her lover, a woman experienced an allergic response to nuts.
According to experts, her partner’s fondness for the high-protein snack was responsible for the ‘burning’ feeling in her genitalia.
Doctors suspect that small amounts of nuts in his sperm prompted the odd reaction.
The anonymous couple from Delaware was attempting to conceive.
A suspected case of vaginitis, which can cause itching, discharge, and pain during intercourse, hindered their efforts.
Common causes include infections and skin problems.
However, the 28-year-existing old’s food allergy precipitated this event, as described in a medical article.
According to the woman, she only had vaginitis when her partner ejaculated inside of her.
She had no issues whether the couple utilized a condom or when the man did not ejaculate.
The absence of an infection finding prompted doctors to investigate the possibility that she had an uncommon allergic reaction to sperm.
In the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, doctors reported that the woman was allergic to both peanuts and tree nuts, a group that includes almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, and macadamias.
They suggested her spouse exclude all sorts of nuts from his diet to determine if the issue resolved itself.
And it worked, as the woman reported no more sexual issues.
The physicians, who did not specify when the incident occurred, did not disclose how many nuts the man consumed or how long he ate them before engaging in sexual activity.
However, they said that the instance demonstrates how focused food removal in spouses can benefit those with food allergies.
This is not the first time that nuts have caused discomfort in the bedroom, despite their extreme rarity.
In April, Australian OnlyFans star Lucy Banks stated that an encounter with a peanut lover put her in misery.
Ms. Banks, who earns approximately £33,500 each month on the Internet, is allergic to peanuts and, like any other allergy sufferer, avoids them.
However, she experienced an unexpected vaginal allergic reaction after her spouse consumed peanuts earlier in the day.
He had consumed peanuts earlier in the day, and I contracted the odor. She said, “I did not realize at the time that this was feasible.”
She stated that she had never heard of food allergies being transmitted and badly affecting partners through ejaculation.
Extremely rare are confirmed instances of nut allergies being triggered by interaction with sperm.
In 2007, a comparable medical case report in the United Kingdom described one of a few more cases.
Surrey physicians reported that a 20-year-old lady with a history of severe allergic reaction to Brazil nuts experienced a similar reaction after being exposed to her boyfriend’s sperm.
This reaction occurred three hours after he had four to five nuts, even though he took precautions such as wiping his teeth and cleaning his nails before engaging in sexual activity.
The woman, however, experienced significant itching and swelling of her vagina and vulva, as well as feeling faint even when sitting’ after the couple engaged in sexual activity without using a condom.
Initially, doctors believed it was a severe allergic reaction to nuts caused by kissing or skin-to-skin contact.
Researchers believed, however, that nut proteins had made their way into the couple’s sweat or saliva, as the allergic reaction would have begun sooner and would have been triggered in other couples.
To be certain, experts analyzed two samples of the man’s sperm: one before he ate Brazil nuts, and another four hours later.
They next exposed the girl to the sperm to determine if she had an adverse reaction.
Her skin enlarged at the location where a sample of her sperm was obtained after eating nuts, validating the researchers’ assumptions.
Due to the rarity of reported occurrences, very little is known regarding the transfer of allergens from the digestive tract to the sperm, which could then produce an allergic reaction.
For instance, it is uncertain how many nuts a guy must consume to transfer an allergy to his sperm and for how long.
It is unknown whether similar reactions can occur in other food allergies, such as seafood allergies.
Given the extreme rarity of reported allergic reactions to nuts from sperm, there are no guidelines for preventing such reactions.
Approximately one in fifty children and one in two hundred adults in the United Kingdom are affected by nut allergies.
They are quite uncommon in the United States, affecting an estimated 1 percent of the populace.
