Yeah, but who's gonna fill the prescription?
Posted on 03/05/2013 9:45:04 AM PST by jda
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.
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An anonymous questionnaire was sent to 800 random migraine patients and 200 similar cluster headache sufferers.
They asked for experience with sexual activity during a headache attack and its impact on headache intensity.
More than a third of migraine patients had experience with sexual activity during an attack and out of these patients, almost two in three reported an “improvement of their migraine attack”.
Almost three in four reported moderate to complete relief and a third reported it worsening.
Those suffering a cluster headache, almost a third had experience with sexual activity, with 37 per cent reporting an improvement to their condition. More than 90 per cent reported moderate to complete relief while 50 reported worsening.
The researchers added: “Some patients, in particular male migraine patients, even used sexual activity as a therapeutic tool.”
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
This is GREAT - gotta love those Germans! So, how exactly do I break the good news to my wife???
“Not tonight, I’ve got a headache”
“Well I’ve got some good news for you sweetie!...”
BS. As a suffer of migranes; this is not true.
Doctor to Patient “have 2 orgasms and call me in the morning.”
Lawyers who defend rapists are taking note.
The mere possibility of sex gave my ex a headache.
It makes other parts of the body feel better, too!
My wife suffers from “go to bed, shades drawn, ice pack, and silence” headaches.
Sex is not on the table at that time. Get out of the house and take the kids with you, is.
but I am amazed why people study such things.....with all the cancer, and heart disease out there, why study sex and headaches?.....
Unless you find out you have high blood pressure by a sudden onset of coital cephalalgia.
Then it’s no fun no matter what you do.
"The years passed, mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes that genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution, but sadly the greatest minds and resources were focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections." - Idiocracy
Pin this article to her pillow.
Easier to find volunteers?
On you, maybe.
Phone rings
Doc: Hello.
Man: Doc, I have a terrible headache. What can I do?
Doc: Take two blondes and call me in the morning.
Then obviously, the remedy would be...
Too easy, this stuff just writes itself !
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Note the wording; they don't say how many migraine patients actually had sex during a migraine. They merely say that the ones who did reported improvement. I seriously can't imagine that anyone with a Force Five migraine would willingly engage in anything more strenuous than pulling the covers over his head.
Sorry, I read that quote wrong. Consequently, my comment made no sense. But I do wonder if the third had real migraines.
Yeah, but who's gonna fill the prescription?
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