They say that love is blind, and it turns out that may be more true than ever. A 29-year-old guy in England lost part of his vision after having too strong of an orgasm.
While cumming so hard you go blind may seem hard to believe, there's a legitimate medical reason for it.
First,
the patient didn't exactly go blind, but his vision was legitimately
impaired. The man went to the hospital after waking up with vision
problems, and admitted to doctors that he'd had "vigorous sexual
intercourse" the night before. Upon examination, the doctors found that
he had a tiny hemorrhage in his left eye that was blocking part of his
vision.
The problem, doctors assumed, was
that while having an orgasm, the man had performed the valsalva
maneuver—basically, holding your breath and straining your abdominal
muscles, which sometimes can prevent you from climaxing—and the
resultant pressure buildup popped a blood vessel. The case
study published in the BMJ notes that his condition resolved
spontaneously (i.e., just wait and it'll go away), but it's still a
pretty freaky thing to wake up with after a long night of sex.
Watching
your blood pressure probably isn't a bad thing during sex.
Orgasms rarely cause permanent damage, so you can't really have too
many, but straining too hard can, as we've just seen, sometimes overdo
it.
There are plenty of ways to make sex
even more exciting without holding your breath and clenching up. It's
possible, for instance, for men to have multiple orgasms, but be
forewarned: some pretty strange stuff can still happen; crying,
sneezing, spontaneous weakness, and even headaches are all common
side-effects of getting off. Still, despite the age-old tales, you won't
go blind from masturbation itself—just be careful of those blood
vessels.
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