Intimate physical contact of that sort causes one to lose psychic energy.

Maybe all the contact of the past few weeks had caused him to forget that I existed.

Physical contact with him had caused a thrill of happiness.

"But the new contacts cause sickness, transmission of disease and death."

The contact from Rodman had caused him to hit the floor in almost a horizontal position.

In addition, the contact of the inner nuclear gel with a nerve can also cause significant pain.

Short contact and thorough rinsing should not cause damage, however.

But she understood his intent, knew the discomfort that physical contact caused him.

Direct contact with an infected person or animal does not cause infection.

Now, could there, I wonder, be some reason why that contact in particular should cause him consternation?