I almost died during orgasm, sex position ‘popped’ my aorta

Bet she didn’t see this coming.

Achieving the “big O” left a Mississippi woman saying “Uh-oh” as she nearly died while having an orgasm, a new medical study details.

“The patient was having sexual intercourse with her husband, and during her orgasm, she felt a ‘pop’ in her chest with radiation to her back,” research recently published in the American Journal Case Report explained. “She stated that her legs were pressed against her chest [during the orgasm].”

Per the medical journal, an unnamed 45-year-old woman from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was rushed to the emergency room of her local hospital after suffering from “stabbing” chest pains with “10 out of 10” pain levels.

 She was also afflicted with a sudden case of nausea and shortness of breath. 

And when health care staffers checked her vitals, the woman had an alarming blood pressure reading of 220/140 mmHg — on average, the healthy blood pressure for a woman in her 40s is around 120/80, according to the CDC. 

“The patient had a past medical history of hypertension and … admitted to an approximately 17-year history of tobacco abuse, stating she currently smoked 6 to 7 cigarettes daily,” reads the report. 

Doctors gave her morphine and fentanyl to reduce the pain and ultimately determined that she’d sustained a leak in her aorta — the largest artery at an inch in diameter, which transports blood through the body.

Her condition, medically known as acute aortic syndrome or AAS, is on the spectrum of severe life-threatening diseases, per the report.  And specialists determined that she had experienced an aortic intramural hematoma, which can cause a full tear in the aorta.

If left untreated, an aortic rip can lead to death and, on average, has instantly killed 40% of sufferers, according to the research.

A tear often begins as the aorta is weakened over time, and the erosion is typically caused by high blood pressure.

However, researchers found that men in their 60s often suffer aortic or other heart-related issues during sex at a higher rate than women.

“Men have a 2:1 higher incidence of developing AAS, and the peak age of diagnosis is later adulthood, around the age of 65 years,” explained the report.

“The risk of sudden cardiac death also shows similar patterns, with an incidence reported at 0.19% in men and 0.16% in women, often noted during masturbation, sexual interaction with prostitutes, or extramarital sexual activity.”

Luckily, in the rare case of the woman in question, doctors were able to avoid conducting surgery on her artery, ultimately stabilizing her blood pressure with medication. 

She was discharged from the hospital after three days of specialized treatment. 

“An aortic intramural hematoma in a 45-year-old woman during sexual intercourse, as seen in the patient in our case, is not a commonly reported occurrence,” doctors confirmed. 

“Understanding the physiologic changes and stress of sexual intercourse and how this effects [the dynamics of blood flow] can help predict adverse outcomes in patients with preexisting cardiovascular risk factors.”