Ah-ah-ah-choo! Orgasms make her nose stuffy
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Q: I’m a woman who has never had problems with orgasm; they come quite naturally and powerfully. [But] after nearly every orgasm my sinuses swell up and I can’t breathe through my nose for awhile. There’s no drainage; it’s just tissue inflammation and it passes as I slowly come down from my orgasm. I have my guesses — rush of blood post-orgasm; my tender, over-vasomotor-reactive sinuses (which react to changes in temps and other happenings). But why my distant-from-the-action [stuffiness] and so dramatically and suddenly?A: You are living in Bizarro sinus world were everything works in reverse. Usually, having an orgasm clears up sinuses, at least for a little while, which is yet another in a long list of sex-as-medicinal excuses you can use. (“Honey, I’m stuffy!”) Beats chicken soup. The reason orgasm can clear sinuses is that we get a rush of adrenaline, explained Dr. Jordan Josephson, director of the New York Nasal and Sinus Center and author of "Sinus Relief Now." The adrenaline causes tissues in the nose to shrink, opening up passageways in a much more pleasant and attractive manner than one of those goofy Breathe Right strips.
But that’s not the way it’s working for you. So what’s up? Well, suggested Josephson, “she may have a polyp that has found its way there and lodged itself” in your nasal passageways or sinuses. During sex, depending, say, on what position you get into, the polyp may fall into the path of circulating air “and that may cause an obstruction. Then, later, it gets unlodged and: "Presto! She gets better.”
Josephson explained that polyps can be caused by tissue inflammation following infection — also perhaps allergies — and then remain long after the infection has passed. They aren’t necessarily precursors to cancer, like colon polyps can be, so don’t worry too much, but to find out if you have them, see an otolaryngologist. If they can be removed, you may find you can breathe easier even when you aren’t all flushed and happy.
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abbym0308
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How bizarre! I guess having a stuffy nose is a preferable side-effect as compared to wetting the bed or something.
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abbym0308
