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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedAcute hyperventilation syndromes induced by sexual intercourse: evidence of a psychophysical mechanism to intensify sexual experience?
Archives of Sexual Behavior, December, 2004 by Torsten Passie
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To the Editor:
Sexual arousal is associated with specific psychophysiological responses (autonomic, endocrine, cardiovascular, etc.). Accelerated breathing or hyperventilation (HV) is typical for human sexual response (Masters & Johnson 1966), but no research has been done regarding oxygen or carbon dioxide saturation during sexual intercourse (e.g., Meston & Frohlich, 2000). Little is known about acute HV syndromes during sexual intercourse. We present two case histories of treatment-seeking patients with irritating symptoms induced by HV during sexual intercourse and will discuss some psychophysiological implications.
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At an emergency department in Langenhagen (pop., ~110,000), 62 of a total of ...
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