Insatiable libido becomes a problem

Telegraph:

Joleen Baughman, 39, was hurt in a collision two years ago, which damaged a nerve in her pelvis which controls desire, leaving it permanently switched on.

She now becomes sexually aroused by the slightest movement – while vacuuming, sitting on a bus, bending over, or even simply walking across a room.

The mother-of-two from New Mexico, USA, said: "It's unbearable. Just my clothes rubbing against me gets me so aroused I can hardly think straight.

"It's very embarrassing and it's impossible to concentrate."

Mrs Baughman, who lives with her husband Brian, 39, and two children, has been diagnosed with a rare condition called Restless Genital Syndrome, also known as Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome.

In the accident in April 2007, Joleen was in a pickup truck with Mr Baughman, a plumber, when a man high on drugs crashed into them head on.

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She said: "I started getting these intense sexual urges. They would come out of nowhere and completely engulf me.

"It would last for most of the day. I was really shocked because normally I have practically no sex drive at all."

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"I was delighted too. I thought: 'Finally I'm getting a sex drive and I can give my husband what he wants'."

But she soon discovered that having sex could not cure her urges and that it started becoming painful.

"We would have sex once and I would feel no release at all," Mrs Baughman said.

"So we would go again and then it would start really hurting but I would still want sex, even more than before.

"If my husband managed to go for a third time it would be agony but I would still feel no release."

She sought medical help and was told that her condition was triggered by damage to her pudendal nerve, a nerve in the pelvis, close to the genitalia.

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The story does not indicate whether the doctors are able to treat her condition. It sounds like a discomfort might interest CIA interrogators.