In migraine, sex can help

Study: In a migraine can also help sex

05/25/2013

Darling, I have migraines. So, or something like that is a stereotypical excuse for sexual aversion. However, sex can alleviate headaches, she says „Pharmacy magazine.“

Sex during migraine attack
For many people who suffer from migraines, it sounds ironic what the „Pharmacy magazine“ citing neurologists of the University Hospital Münster, reports: „Migraine: Sex can obviously help against the pain attacks.“ In Germany about eight million people suffer from migraines, among them especially many women. The causes of the disease are many. Actually, headaches are more likely to inhibit pleasure, and yet sex in some migraine sufferers can ease the symptoms. More than 300 patients were interviewed for the study. One third of them said they had had sex before during a migraine attack. At 60 percent that alleviated their headache. However, 33 percent complained afterwards about stronger complaints.

Therapy alone or in pairs
The survey of patients with cluster headache, ie headache with extreme attacks of pain, showed that only 37 percent of them would have felt better after having sex. Half of them felt even worse afterwards. The scientists of the University of Münster also said that it would „It does not matter if the act is done with a partner or if the therapy is done by masturbation itself.“ In general, according to the survey, men benefited more from the analgesic effect. The physicians do not want to over-interpret the results, however. (Sb)

Picture: Gerd Altmann