Prevention of Headaches or Migraines Triggered By Sex or Orgasm - The Daily Headache
In fact, there are other, more common actions that prove to produce the same feelings as the Big O. An article in Scientific American says meditation and orgasms ultimately generate bliss, which decreases our sense of self-awareness, alters our bodily perceptions and reduces our sense of pain. A lucky few even experienced sexual pleasure during weightlifting, swimming and cycling, likely due to increased blood flow to the vagina and use of the deep pelvic floor muscles. Childbirth is obviously a less common trigger, but sometimes, the unbearable pain of giving birth can be supplemented by pleasure. One survey found midwives reported witnessing orgasms among 3 percent of births, according to Live Science.
By Kerrie Smyres. Having a headache or migraine triggered by sex or an orgasm is a pretty cruel emotional injustice. Fortunately, preventing a sex-induced headache or migraine is surprisingly simple.
Primary stabbing headache is a generally benign disorder which often co-exists with other primary headache disorders such as migraine and cluster headache. Primary cough headache is headache precipitated by valsalva; secondary cough has been reported particularly in association with posterior fossa pathology. Primary exertional headache can occur with sudden or gradual onset during, or immediately after, exercise. Similarly headache associated with sexual activity can occur with gradual evolution or sudden onset. Secondary headache is more likely with both exertional and sexual headache of sudden onset.