Mind-blowing sex: American woman suffers amnesia after intercourse
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An American woman suffered a sudden attack of amnesia after having sex with her husband.
By Tom Chivers
Published: 4:15PM GMT 06 Nov 2009
The sudden loss of memory, called “transient global amnesia” or TGA, is caused by pressure in blood vessels in the brain, and can be triggered by strenuous activities, bowel movements, or – commonly – sex.
The 59-year-old woman, known only as Alice, had the worrying experience after she and her husband Scott had sex last August. She suddenly, albeit temporarily, lost all memory of the last several years and the ability to form new memories.
After sex they turned on the television, which was showing the Beijing Olympics, and she asked: "Is there an Olympics?"
Scott told CNN: "I saw that something was wrong, so I asked her, 'OK, what day is it?'"
When she couldn’t answer, he asked her to name the current President, to which she replied: "Bill Clinton." Scott called an ambulance and she was taken to hospital, where it was initially thought she may have had a stroke.
However, neurologists were soon able to diagnose TGA, a relatively common experience in the over-50s.
Dr Louis Caplan, professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, said: "[Sex] is actually a well-known precipitator.
"One of the things people have done to look at transient global amnesia is to look at frequency of various precipitants and sex always comes out as one of the most common."
People with a history of migraines and severe headaches are more prone to TGA.
Although her memory has otherwise returned fully, Alice remains unable to remember the act of intercourse that triggered her attack. However, it is likely that she enjoyed herself.
Dr Caplan said: "It usually is after climax that [TGA] develops."
By Tom Chivers
Published: 4:15PM GMT 06 Nov 2009
The sudden loss of memory, called “transient global amnesia” or TGA, is caused by pressure in blood vessels in the brain, and can be triggered by strenuous activities, bowel movements, or – commonly – sex.
The 59-year-old woman, known only as Alice, had the worrying experience after she and her husband Scott had sex last August. She suddenly, albeit temporarily, lost all memory of the last several years and the ability to form new memories.
After sex they turned on the television, which was showing the Beijing Olympics, and she asked: "Is there an Olympics?"
Scott told CNN: "I saw that something was wrong, so I asked her, 'OK, what day is it?'"
When she couldn’t answer, he asked her to name the current President, to which she replied: "Bill Clinton." Scott called an ambulance and she was taken to hospital, where it was initially thought she may have had a stroke.
However, neurologists were soon able to diagnose TGA, a relatively common experience in the over-50s.
Dr Louis Caplan, professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, said: "[Sex] is actually a well-known precipitator.
"One of the things people have done to look at transient global amnesia is to look at frequency of various precipitants and sex always comes out as one of the most common."
People with a history of migraines and severe headaches are more prone to TGA.
Although her memory has otherwise returned fully, Alice remains unable to remember the act of intercourse that triggered her attack. However, it is likely that she enjoyed herself.
Dr Caplan said: "It usually is after climax that [TGA] develops."
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OMG. Damn, the sex was that good she forgot all 8 years of Bush being President, LMAO!
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@ DrLiz, please delete your 'advertising' from my post, you're messing with the flow.
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Permalink Reply by Ashley Banks on -
HA! I read this and thought, I want good sex, but not THAT good. I hope she'll be okay. I bet her poor husband won't try whatever move he put on her ever again. :P
miss_p said:OMG. Damn, the sex was that good she forgot all 8 years of Bush being President, LMAO!
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LMAO!!!!!
Cougar $pice said:@ DrLiz, please delete your 'advertising' from my post, you're messing with the flow.
Thank you. :)
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Permalink Reply by $o $oft N $o $weet on -
Are you kidding me?! LOL wow....never heard of this before....that's a new pick up line "I'm so good girl I'll make you forget your own NAME!" :) well maybe not exactly...
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