Most often, we come to the conclusion that everything depends on the individual and (in that case) the type of headache.
It was in 1988 when a headache study was conducted in the state of Oklahoma.
One of the women who participated in the study spoke openly about her migraines and their connection to sexuality.
She confided to a professor at the University of Oklahoma - James Koch - that all the time since her divorce, she had much more difficulty getting rid of migraines, and thus inspired him to devote himself to studying the connection between migraines and sex, as a therapy for its relief.
It seems that one physiological process - climax, blocks another - pain.
He included another 84 women in the research.
Two-thirds of women indulged in sex despite migraines.
61 percent of women confirmed that sex alleviated migraines.
Such effectiveness corresponds to the effect of some drugs, which are used to relieve migraine symptoms. Twenty percent of women said that the migraine had completely disappeared.
Medicines have a 30 percent success rate in eliminating migraines.
This research confirms the research conducted at the Southern Illinois Medical School, where they studied the effect of sex on migraine in 52 people.
Headache can also be a consequence of hormonal imbalance, primarily excess estrogen.
Women suffer from headaches (and even migraines) due to hormonal imbalance, especially during PMS. If we also take into account the side effects of the pill, it seems that sex is definitely a better choice!
How does sex work against headaches?
Scientists offer two possible explanations for why sex works so effectively against migraines.
One explanation is that during sex, endorphins and other hormones are released, which act against pain.
Just before you have an orgasm, the level of oxytocin increases to five times the normal value.
Those endorphins have a beneficial effect on everything from arthritis to headaches.
In women, estrogen is also secreted and helps relieve PMS.
Another explanation centers on nerve stimulation, which also works against pain during labor.
Some are more skeptical and say that sex only temporarily removes the headache, which returns soon after sex.
When is a headache not just an excuse for sex?
The situation you should never have sex in is if you are dehydrated.
A headache, which is a consequence of dehydration, can only increase with sex, and then sex is even dangerous. It is also true that sex does not help with all migraines.
Professor Randolph Evans determined that it is possible that in 10 percent of all cases of people with migraine, sex is even the trigger of migraine.
Despite the established opinion, as women are more likely to complain about headaches, there is a higher probability that men will experience headaches after sex.
The so-called orgasmic headache affects approximately 1 percent of men.
A special group of men who suffer from headaches after sex are men who use Viagra.
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