Headaches Associated With The Sexual Act

If you experience a piercing pain in your head during orgasm you may be having a sex headache. One in 100 people may experience a headache during the sexual act at some point in their...

If you experience a piercing pain in your head during orgasm you may be having a sex headache. One in 100 people may experience a headache during the sexual act at some point in their lifetime. Males are more likely to experience sex headaches than females.

Typically sex headaches are not worrisome but sometimes a headache that occurs during strenuous exercise or when having an orgasm can signal something serious such as problems within the blood vessels that feed blood to your brain.

There are two different types of headaches associated with the sexual act. The more common occurs within seconds of experiencing an orgasm and gives no warning that it is going to occur. The pain is often stabbing or throbbing in nature. The other sexual headache begins as a dull ache on both sides of the head and builds gradually over a matter of moments before the orgasm is experienced and intensifies as sexual excitement increases. Usually sexual headaches only last a few moments, but some may last for a few hours afterwards. Sometimes those who experience sex headaches will get them in clusters for a few months, and then they go away for a year or so.

Any sexual activity can bring on a sex headache including masturbation, oral sex and have course intercourse.

The cause of the sex headaches that build up may be caused by the tightening of the head and neck muscles during sexual activity. The abrupt sex headaches may be in response to the increased blood pressure that causes the cerebral blood vessels to dilate. Abrupt sex headaches may also be caused by a stroke or bleeding into or around the brain.

There are some other factors that have been associated with sex headaches including the usage of birth control pills, smoking marijuana, having the condition called glaucoma, being anemic, having a sinus infection, or having low blood sugar.

Anyone who engages in sexual behavior may experience a sex headache at some point in his or her life. Males are more prone to sex headaches than females are. Individuals who experience migraines are also more prone to experience sex headaches too.

Sex headaches are usually nothing to be concerned about and usually go away after a few minutes. You should seek medical advise if you experience a sex headache for the first time just to be sure there is nothing going on with your blood vessels. You should also consult a doctor if your sex headaches become more frequent or they intensify in pain or do not go away.

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