Doctors believe a woman may have suffered an anaphylactic reaction to penicillin transferred through semen

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The unidentified 31-year-old from Spain was rushed to hospital after she started vomiting, breaking out in hives and struggling to breathe after oral sex with her boyfriend.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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She told medics that she had a penicillin allergy but denied having taken the drug before giving oral sex. They then discovered that her partner had been on a course of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid - a form of penicillin - to treat an ear infection. And that, according to doctors at Hospital General Universitari d'Alacant, had worked its way down into his semen.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Susana Almenara, the lead author of the report, which was published in the British Medical Journal Case Reports, is now urging anyone with known drug allergies to be aware of the potential risk and ensure they use condoms.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Almenara said that this was the first reported case of amoxicillin-induced anaphylaxis happening in a woman after having sexual contact with a man taking the drug.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Using this case as a basis, remember a condom can protect you from more than STIs. Stay protected!