Pensioner went to Limerick hospital A&E with memory loss after daytime sex with wife

Condition known as sudden onset amnesia can be triggered by physical exertion, emotional stress, pain and sexual intercourse, research paper shows

In the paper in the newly released May edition of the 'Irish Medical Journal', the medics at the Department of Neurology at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) say the case highlights sexual intercourse as a trigger of recurrent transient global amnesia. Picture: Dan Linehan

A pensioner turned up at a hospital A&E with short-term memory loss brought about by daytime sex with his wife.

That is according to a new paper by medics here which document how the 66-year-old man suffered from sudden onset amnesia, or transient global amnesia (TGA), within 10 minutes of having sex.