


Woman, 35, Suffers Orgasm-Related Stroke
Sex triggered a life-threatening stroke in a healthy 35-year-old Illinois woman, her doctors report. In an interview granted to WebMD by Jose Miller, professor and chair of the neurology department at Loyola University, Chicago, the woman's symptoms were typical of an unusual kind of "cryptogenic" stroke.
These types of sex-related strokes are rare and occur when several risk factors converge. In this particular case, a small opening in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart, also known as patent foramen ovale or PFO, was the culprit. Blood flow through a PFO increases when a person strains -- such as during orgasm.
John from Boston