This patient’s sexual activity was so intense that it led to a ruptured aneurysm due to a sudden increase in blood pressure. A fortunately rare episode, but sometimes fatal.
The pandemic and isolation have led some singles to take their pleasure on their own. Masturbation can, however, lead straight to the hospital, as experienced by M, an unfortunate 51-year-old Japanese man whose case is described in the Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases. While in the middle of an orgasm, M felt a severe pain in the left side of his head with an intense headache peaking for a minute. Several vomiting followed after which the patient decided to go to the emergency room.
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An arterial hematoma that ends in an aneurysm
A CT scan reveals a cerebral hemorrhage in the left hemisphere, but theangiographyangiography carried out does not make it possible to detect the origin of the blood. However, the examination reveals a slight expansionexpansion of the’arteryartery left carotid artery. Numerous examinations were then carried out, without further results. You will have to wait until the 9the day for cerebral angiography to show that the dilation of the carotid artery has transformed into aneurysmaneurysm (creation of a blood bag) associated with a stenosisstenosis (blockage of the artery). The hematoma caused by the initial trauma thus resulted in an arterial dissection, a crack in the arterial wall where blood accumulates in the intracranial space under the effect of the pressurepressure blood.
The patient will finally be treated using a spiral (coiling)which consists of closing the aneurysm from the inside using fine spirals (coils) via endovascular access. The patient also had a stentstent, in order to divert the blood so that it does not accumulate again in the bag. He was finally able to leave the hospital with “an excellent prognosisprognosis ”, according to doctors.
Orgasm: be careful, danger
“ This is the first case of arterial dissection linked to masturbation », Testify the authors of the article. It seems in this case that it is the sudden increase in the blood pressureblood pressure during orgasm which caused dissection of the arterial wall. However, doctors report two other cases of aneurysm ruptureaneurysm rupture following masturbation.
In 2016, a 24-year-old young woman suddenly died while masturbating in her bathroom. In 2012, a 39-year-old woman was found dead with the handle of an egg beater stuck in heranusanus to a depth of eleven centimeters (most likely used as a sexual stimulator). The cranial hemorrhage was caused by the rupture of the aneurysm in the left internal carotid artery.
Sex is a particularly risky activity for people with an aneurysm (approximately 2% to 3% of the population). According to a study published in 2011, intense sexual activity increases the risk of ruptured aneurysm by 4.3%, compared to 3.6% for defecationdefecation or 3.5% for soda consumption. The most dangerous activity, however, is drinking coffee, which increases the risk by 10.6%.
