Men, if you already have performance anxiety, then I warn you: read no further.
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"The process of accepting foreign cells is called immune modulation.
"After intercourse, a woman's immune system sends cells to the cervix to collect the father's foreign proteins to take back to the lymph nodes so that other immune cells can recognise them.
"The Adelaide team suggests semen contains an agent which prompts the woman's immune system to accept it.
"Sometimes, this process fails and women can have a severe immune response, which could be as serious as anaphylactic shock."
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That's anaphylactic shock as in "The most severe type of anaphylaxis is termed anaphylactic shock, which may lead to circulatory collapse and death."
I think that the only thing that could possibly be more difficult than being deathly allergic to sperm would have to be hearing people make the same damn cracks about allergies to nuts, over and over again, for the rest of your quasi~celibate life...
Posted by edgar at May 17, 2004 10:46 AM