Chinese docs baffled over woman who can't stop having orgasms all day long

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O-no!

Medical specialists in China are dumfounded over the case of a young woman who experiences uncontrollable orgasms multiple times per day, leaving the turned-on 20-year-old in a perpetual state of arousal.

“The sexual arousal symptoms are characterized by recurrent and spontaneous orgasmic experiences,” wrote Jing Yan and Dafang Ouyang of the Peking University Sixth Hospital in Beijing, in a study of the curious case published in AME Case Reports, per the New York Post.

The unnamed woman has for the past five years experienced sexual stimulation out of the blue, leading doctors to presume that she suffered from persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD), PsyPost reported.

On the surface, this situation might be amusing to some, constant pleasure can be a pain, causing “significant impairment in psychosocial well-being and daily functioning,” the study said.

In this particular case, the patient reportedly experienced immense distress and was unable to attend school or work, or maintain relationships.

She wasn’t diagnosed in good time.

Her symptoms first popped up when she was 14, initially manifesting as an “electric” sensation in her abdomen accompanied by pelvic contractions resembling orgasms.

This was around the same time that the youngster also started displaying increased sensitivity coupled with strange beliefs such as thinking that others could read her thoughts, which led to her being hospitalized one year later and treated for depressive and psychotic symptoms.

The patient’s symptoms persisted despite various remedies including anti-epileptic and psychiatric medications, leading her to believe that her ongoing climaxes were cause by external stimuli.

When she reported to the hospital, her condition worsened to the point that she could barely explain her symptoms without being interrupted by an orgasm.

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Neurologists ruled out epilepsy through EEG monitoring and other tests, while physical exams showed no structural abnormalities in her brain or reproductive organs that might have triggered her pleasure responses.

Eventually, doctors diagnosed the patient with PGAD after a regimen of antipsychotic drugs appeared to mitigate both her big moments and delusions.

Following several weeks of treatment, her condition improved, and she was able to return to work and have a social life.

However, whenever she stopped treatments, her symptoms would return.

PGAD flies under the radar. It was first formally described in 2001. It affects a projected 1% of women in the U.S. but remains underdiagnosed, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

Potential causes include everything from nerves, blood flow, and antidepressant medications such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

It has also been linked to an imbalance of dopamine, a neurotransmitter involved in the brain’s arousal and reward system.

There is no cure as of this time.

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