Headaches can be caused by many things such as stress, a stinging smell or a symptom of certain diseases. But sex can also be a cause of headache, it is called coital cephalgia.

Headache due to Sexual intercourse (coital cephalgia) can occur when a person masturbates or any other type of sexual activities, for some people, a certain sexual positions can cause headaches. This condition is 1 of 360 types of headaches.

In general, men and women have the same level of this type of headache. But men have a headache due to levels of sex in particular. This is due to the fact that men tend to become more active, has excessive orgasm, and masturbates more often than women.

While  in women, it may occur over the age of 40, just beginning an exercise program or have had other headaches such as migraine headache that can cause headaches when having sex. In addition there are also studies that prove that 6 weeks after birth could be one risk factor.

This type of headache is divided into three basic types which are light, medium or fast headache but it goes on and on. There is also an orgasmic headache that can occur suddenly and severe.

Headache caused by sex at first felt only at the base of the skull, but over time can be felt throughout the head. These headaches do not happen every time when having sex, for some people it occurs after years of contact.

As quoted from Womenshealth, Wednesday (10/3/2010) sex can increase blood pressure which in turn can increase the pressure in the head and also cause tightening and muscle tension.

Sex headaches is a combination of blood pressure and muscle tension, in some cases low blood pressure of fluid around the brain and spine.

In some rare cases, sex headaches is an early symptoms of health problems such as meningitis, bleeding within the skull, tumors, stroke and various endocrine disorders.

In women, if pain is more severe, it is usually accompanied by other symptoms such as numbness, weakness, numbness, changes in vision and disorientation.

The treatment needed is not different from other headaches. To prevent this, one can take blood pressure medicine or headache medicine a few hours before having sex and also change sex positions.

Headache during sexual intercourse can increase the anxiety and feelings of calm that would be a problem for the couple, so sometimes counseling assistance is needed.

If various ways have been tried but do not show good results then the pair could only wait. This is because the headache often just disappears by it self after a few weeks or months.

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