Unwanted excitement dozens of times a day...What disease does 1% of women suffer from?
Aug 08, 2025
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Medical staff at the 6th Hospital affiliated with Beijing University School of Medicine published a case of a 20-year-old woman suffering from 'persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD)' in the international journal 'AME Case Reports'.
PGAD is a rare condition that experiences unwanted stimuli in the genital region.
According to the researchers, the patient began experiencing pelvic contractions similar to orchests with a 'electrical' sensation in the abdomen from the age of 14, and the symptoms of orchest continued dozens of times a day without sexual stimulation for the next five years.
As a result, she had great difficulty maintaining relationships as well as school and work life, and complained of severe mental distress.
In the early days, they had strange accidents, such as believing that others could read their thoughts, and were hospitalized for psychotic symptoms.
Various treatments, including anticonvulsants and psychiatric drugs, have been attempted, but symptoms have not improved, and she has come to believe that external stimuli cause orb.
When I visited the hospital, the symptoms became serious, and even while explaining his condition, an ordeal occurred.
Neurologists finally diagnosed PGAD through electroencephalography (EEG) and physical examination.
After several weeks of treatment, she improved enough to return to social life and work, but symptoms appeared to recur when she stopped taking drugs.
Meanwhile, PGAD is the first medically reported rare condition in 2001, estimated to have it in about 1% of women, but fewer cases are known to be treated for shame.
Causes include neurological abnormalities, blood flow problems, and taking antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), and dopamine imbalance is also presumed to be related.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
