Deadly ‘iku iku byo’ reaches a climax in Japan!

Growing numbers of Japanese women are afflicted with an illness that gives them orgasms virtually 24 hours a day. And with suggestions that it could be deadly, the women hardly know whether they’re coming or going, according to Shukan Post.

"If a guy simply taps me on the shoulder, I just swoon. Even when I go to the toilet, my body reacts. I’m a little bit scared of myself," one woman sufferer tells Shukan Post.

Another adds: "When I got on the train one day, I could feel blood gushing toward a certain part of my body and it felt so good I almost let out a moan. It was sheer murder when everybody got pushed into the carriage."

Yet another woman has her say.

"Even the vibration of my mobile phone is enough to set me off," she says. "My friend said there’s something called Iku Iku byo (Cum Cum Disease). I guess I’ve got that."

What may be afflicting these women, the best-selling weekly says, is an ailment called persistent sexual arousal syndrome (PSAS).

PSAS has been described as an affliction that brings about orgasm through the slightest of jolts regardless of whether they’re aroused, or even thinking about sex. What’s more, orgasms experienced by PSAS sufferers are not just momentary phenomena, instead affecting women over anywhere from a few days to a week, with one reported case seeing 300 orgasms in a single day.

Awareness in Japan of PSAS — which was first documented by Dr. Sandra Leiblum in the United States five years ago — is growing, especially in the blogsphere, where it is being called Iku Iku byo.

Hideo Yamanaka, a doctor at the Toranomon Hibiya Clinic in Tokyo says the disease can be debilitating.

"For women to orgasm, they need to have some sort of sexual stimulation. There are nerves around the female genitals which react to sexual stimulation. The body gradually builds up to a crescendo, that ascends to a climax," the doctor tells Shukan Post. "However, with this disease, women are mysteriously reaching climax without any external sexual stimulation at all. One possible cause that I can think of is an irregularity in the sensory nerves."

PSAS discover Leiblum says that the disease has a tendency to strike post-menopausal women in their 40s and 50s or those who’ve undergone hormonal treatment. But she adds that there have also been cases reported among women in their 30s, stressing that too little is known about the syndrome to pinpoint anything and adds that the nature of the ailment means that many sufferers may be too ashamed to report it.

PSAS numbers in the U.S. are high enough for support groups to have popped up, suggesting it won’t be too long before Japan sees the same.

"Awareness levels are still too low," Jeannie Allen, the head of PSAS Support, tells Shukan Post. "I think there’s a strong possibility that there are Japanese patients."

Manga artist Akira Narita, who says he has slept with over 1,000 different women, says he has come across some he believes may have had PSAS.

"There must have been about 15 who came without me doing a thing. We’d only need to stare in each other’s eyes and they’d start wiggling about, gripping tightly onto whatever was around them and their bodies would start to shake. There were others who’d orgasm repeatedly just because I’d stroked their hands," the self-professed sexpert says. "I’d always thought of these women as types who got off in their minds, but I think perhaps they may have had PSAS."

PSAS is not sex addiction and, considering the constant orgasms can be draining, can often be a painful and demeaning experience. Many sufferers are driven to the verge of suicide, prompting medical experts to recommend anybody who suspects they have the ailment to seek a doctor’s advice immediately.

"Anybody who has the slightest suspicion," physician Yamanaka tells Shukan Post, "should get to a gynecologist or neurologist straight away."

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Yesterday, i was with my father’s manila office, and i was bothered by the swarm of people passing by and asking directions. This commotion was caused pala of the last registration of voters for the upcoming election. This was actually a sign of upholding the right to vote and the responsibility to ones country. I was particularlly focused on the young people asking directions for the Comelec office.  This are good indications, despite Garci’s bruhaha of ultimately killing the electoral office’s reputation. However i’ felt sad that despite all of this, clean elections are still far from becoming real in this country of mine. But then again, voters are wise now.

Related story: Comelec offices swamped with registrants

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Singer James Brown, the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Soul," who billed himself as the hardest working man in show business, died on Monday at age 73, his manager said.


Brown died at 1:45 a.m. (0645 GMT) at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta after being admitted there on Saturday for treatment of severe pneumonia, his manager, Frank Copsidas, said. Charles Bobbit, Brown’s longtime friend and personal manager, was at his side, he said.

The singer, also known as "Mr. Dynamite," is credited with bringing the word "funk" into mainstream musical vernacular and influencing a new generation of black music.

Rap and hip hop artists revered him for the grooves he was able to produce as a band leader and used his beats extensively as the backdrop to their own songs.

Brown’s hit "Say it Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)" became a civil rights anthem during the turbulent 1960s and he performed the song at
Richard Nixon’s inaugural in 1969 — an act that temporarily hurt his popularity among young blacks.

Brown was a showman, typically changing suits a dozen times during a show and dancing himself into a frenzy on stage. He once said he aimed to wear out his audience and "give people more than what they came for — make them tired."

He had more than 119 charting singles and recorded over 50 albums, was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and received a lifetime achievement award from the
Grammys in 1992.

Brown also built a successful business empire, including a string of radio stations and his own production company, and owned a fleet of expensive cars and his own plane.

He even played the role of a manic preacher in the hit 1980 movie "The Blues Brothers."

"Soul is all the hard knocks, all the punishment the black man has had … all the unfulfilled dreams that must come true," he once said.

There goes that unforgettable voice…..Fans all over the world should creat a statue or monument for his hair.

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Depending on the intensity, vaginismus symptoms range from minor burning sensations with tightness to total closure of the vaginal opening with impossible penetration.

Typical Symptoms
■ Difficult or impossible penetration, entry pain, uncomfortable insertion of penis
■ Unconsummated marriages
■ Burning or stinging with tightness during sex
■ Ongoing sexual discomfort or pain following childbirth, yeast/urinary infections,    STDs,
■ IC, hysterectomy, cancer and surgeries, rape, menopause, or other problems
■ Sexual pain of unknown origin or with no apparent cause
■ Difficulty inserting tampons or undergoing a pelvic/gynecological exam
■ Spasms in other body muscle groups (legs, lower back, etc.) or halted breathing
during attempts at intercourse
■ Avoidance of sex due to pain and failure

Vaginismus pain is caused from an involuntary contraction of the muscles surrounding the entrance to the vagina, tightening the vagina and making sex painful and/or impossible.

Examples of Vaginismus - In the vaginismus condition, as the man approaches the woman, her PC muscle group (darkly shaded) involuntarily tightens the vaginal entrance making intercourse painfully impossible or penetration may be successful but may result in burning, discomfort, and pain.

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