File under "too much of a good thing": If you believe the man in this video that's been making the rounds this week, a back injury triggered some kind of freak disorder that causes him to orgasm up to 100 times a day without any kind of sexual stimulation. His life is in shambles.
At least one aspect of this poor guy's story makes some sense, says Tobias Köhler, MD, division chief of male infertility at Southern Illinois University.
Dr. Köhler says some of the nerves that play a role in genital arousal and ejaculation--not to mention genital pain--are connected to your spine. And so a back injury could, at least theoretically, mess with your sex sensations. "I've seen plenty of men develop pain in the testicles due to a back injury," Dr. Köhler says. So the fact that the guy in the video blames a slipped disk for his condition makes a little sense, he adds.
Dr. Köhler has never encountered a patient who suffers from non-stop orgasms. But there are a few reported cases of men having continuous, unwanted sensations of arousal in their privates--albeit without erections or orgasms. In fact, Dr. Köhler and one of his colleagues have authored a case report about one of these unlucky guys.
The term for the condition is "persistent genital arousal disorder," or PGAD, explains Bradford Stevenson, M.D., chief urology resident at Southern Illinois. PGAD sufferers feel all the below-the-belt sensations that accompany sexual arousal, minus the erection. "The guy in our case study said he felt like he was always on the verge of orgasm," Stevenson says. "He would masturbate to relieve the feeling, but it would come back after a few minutes."
"People who have it call it ‘the monster,'" Dr. Köhler adds. "It's actually pretty well documented in women, but it seems like more men are starting to report it."
Another medical paper on PSAD claims at least one man has committed suicide as a result of the relentless, unwanted sensation of arousal. "There could be a spectrum of disorders going from occasional feelings of arousal without thoughts of sex or sexual stimulation, all the way to feeling aroused all the time," sasys Dr. Köhler.
For the subject of their case report, the Southern Illinois researchers prescribed a class of antidepressant drug known to blunt sexual feelings and function. "That worked," Dr. Stevenson says. "We followed up after a few years, and he told us the sensation had never come back."
Good to know there's a cure--at least for one man dealing with PSAD. As for the guy with non-stop orgasms? We hope you get help soon, buddy.
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