Woman experiences sex amnesia; Transient global amnesia is an extremely rare occurance
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/woman-experiences-sex-amnesia-transient-global-amnesia-extremely-rare-occurance-article-1.962815
Imagine sex so intense, it literally blows your mind.
A 54-year-old woman discovered she'd become a victim of transient global amnesia when she told emergency room doctors that she couldn't remember anything that had happened 24 hours previously, reports LiveScience.
Her gap in memory started right after sex with her husband, just an hour before seeking medical help. Since then, her memory had been foggy and she'd felt confused.
Her case, which was documented in the September issue of The Journal of Emergency Medicine, was diagnosed as a rare condition in which memory suddenly, but temporarily, disappears.
But what about the sex actually caused it?
Experts aren't exactly sure what causes transient global amnesia – it occurs only in three to five people out of 100,000 every year – but doctors believe it may have something to do with raising the pressure inside the abdomen during sex, Sebastian Ameriso, a neurologist at the Institute for Neurological Research in Buenos Aires mused to LiveScience.
The "valsalva maneuver," or the act of bearing down during sex, could allow deoxygenated blood to push back up the neck, allowing oxygen-poor blood to "pile up" in the veins draining the brain, he said. This sudden lack of oxygen-rich blood could affect the central brain regions key to memory formation.
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