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"Dear Dr. Kate, In a recent issue of Glamour, a woman asked a question about why her face and hands feel paralyzed when she&amp;#x27;s close to orgasm. This has happened to me, too! The tingly/numb hands and face thing never happens when I&amp;#x27;m masturbating, but happens a lot when I&amp;#x27;m with a guy. I&amp;#x27;ve tried to slow down my breathing to no avail&amp;amp;#8212;it still happens, to the point that my hands clench up and I almost can&amp;#x27;t open them (the experience is like hypocalcemic tetany; yes, I&amp;#x27;m a doctor!). Any other ideas?If you have a physical reaction with a partner that you don&amp;amp;#8217;t have when you&amp;amp;#8217;re alone, this probably isn&amp;amp;#8217;t a medical problem (which you would most likely have consistently whenever you&amp;amp;#8217;re aroused, regardless of the source). So my advice would be to determine what&amp;amp;#8217;s different about your experience of orgasm with your partner compared to having one alone. For example, many people breathe faster or hyperventilate when with a partner, in a way that doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t happen during masturbation. As long as the reason you&amp;amp;#8217;re clenching up isn&amp;amp;#8217;t because you don&amp;amp;#8217;t feel safe during sex with your partner, I don&amp;amp;#8217;t think this is anything to worry about. It may be a physical sign of how intense your arousal is, and nothing more. But if you&amp;amp;#8217;re concern about it keeps you from being able to fully enjoy intercourse, my advice would be to bring it up with your gynecologist to rule out any medical issues and put your mind at ease. Readers, do you react differently when with a partner than you do when masturbating? Have you done anything to change how you react? Has it ever been a problem for your sex life? Have a sex health question of your own? Ask Dr. Kate here, and keep checking back to see if she&amp;#x27;s answered it. Plus, more on orgasms: * How to Have an Orgasm. Guaranteed. * Real Women Tell Their Orgasm Secrets * Hutcherson on Orgasms More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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