In men, postorgasmic illness syndrome (POIS) is a rare disease which, immediately following ejaculation, can cause severe muscle pain throughout the body, as well as other symptoms which can be cognitive, psychological, or physiological. The symptoms last for up to a week. Some doctors speculate that the frequency of POIS "in the population may be greater than has been reported in the academic literature", and that many POIS sufferers are undiagnosed.

Signs and symptoms

POIS symptoms can include some combination of the following: severe muscle pain throughout the body, severe fatigue, mild to severe headache, weakness, and flu-like or allergy-like symptoms, such as sneezing, itchy eyes, and nasal irritation. Additional symptoms include cognitive dysfunction, intense discomfort, irritability, anxiety, craving for relief, susceptibility to nervous system stresses (e.g. common cold), depressed mood, and difficulty communicating, remembering words, reading and retaining information, concentrating, and socializing. Affected individuals may also experience intense warmth or cold.

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HEC

HEC or hec may refer to:

Math and science

Habitable Exoplanets Catalog

HEC syndrome, a medical condition characterized by hydrocephalus, endocardial fibroelastosis, and cataracts

High emetogenic chemotherapy, a medical term

Hyperelliptic curve, a particular type of algebraic curves

Hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp, a test to measure insulin resistance

Hydroxyethyl cellulose, a gelling and thickening agent derived from cellulose

Organizations

Hautes Études Commerciales (disambiguation), French language business schools in Francophone countries

Health Education Council, defunct Health Authority in the United Kingdom

Heavy Engineering Corporation of Ranchi, India

Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, formerly the University Grant Commission, the primary regulator of higher education in Pakistan

Hongkong Electric Company

Hotel Ezra Cornell, Cornell Hotel School student-run Hospitality Leadership Conference

Hydro Tasmania, previously known as the Hydro-Electric Commission

Hyundai Engineering (HEC), a Korean firm founded in 1974

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HEC-1

HEC-1 is software that was developed by the US Army Corps of Engineers to estimate river flows as a result of rainfall. It was written in the FORTRAN language and until 1984 could only be run on a mainframe computer. When desktop computers became popular the program was ported to the PC.Engineers and scientists still use it today because of its ability to model a wide range of natural hydrologic systems.