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A team of neurologists found that sexual activity can lead to ?partial or complete relief? of head pain in some migraines.
The study, from the University of Munster, Germany, suggests that instead of using a sore head as an excuse to refuse sex, making love can be more effective than taking painkillers.
Their research, reported in Cephalalgia, the journal of the International Headache Society, found that more than half of migraine sufferers who had sex during an episode experienced an improvement in symptoms.
One in five patients left without any pain at all, while others, in particular male sufferers ?even used sexual activity as a therapeutic tool?, they added.
They suggested that sex triggered the release of endorphins, the body?s natural painkillers, through the central nervous system, which can in turn reduce, or even eliminate, a headache.
?The majority of patients with migraine or cluster headache do not have sexual activity during headache attacks,? the study concluded.
?Our data suggest, however, that sexual activity can lead to partial or complete relief of headache in some migraine and a few cluster headache patients.
?Our results show that sexual activity during a migraine attack might relieve or even stop an attack in some cases, and that sexual activity in the presence of headache is not an unusual behaviour.?
They added: ?Sex can abort migraine and cluster headache attacks, and sexual activity is used by some patients as acute headache treatment.?
In their research, titled ?The impact of sexual activity on idiopathic headaches: An observational study?, the team of neurologists investigated whether sex can trigger headaches.
The study, from the University of Munster, Germany, suggests that instead of using a sore head as an excuse to refuse sex, making love can be more effective than taking painkillers.
Their research, reported in Cephalalgia, the journal of the International Headache Society, found that more than half of migraine sufferers who had sex during an episode experienced an improvement in symptoms.
One in five patients left without any pain at all, while others, in particular male sufferers ?even used sexual activity as a therapeutic tool?, they added.
They suggested that sex triggered the release of endorphins, the body?s natural painkillers, through the central nervous system, which can in turn reduce, or even eliminate, a headache.
?The majority of patients with migraine or cluster headache do not have sexual activity during headache attacks,? the study concluded.
?Our data suggest, however, that sexual activity can lead to partial or complete relief of headache in some migraine and a few cluster headache patients.
?Our results show that sexual activity during a migraine attack might relieve or even stop an attack in some cases, and that sexual activity in the presence of headache is not an unusual behaviour.?
They added: ?Sex can abort migraine and cluster headache attacks, and sexual activity is used by some patients as acute headache treatment.?
In their research, titled ?The impact of sexual activity on idiopathic headaches: An observational study?, the team of neurologists investigated whether sex can trigger headaches.
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