A Professor of Clinical Neurology and Internal Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu, Ikenna Onwuekwe, has said that people with existing headaches are often more prone to having headaches when having sexual intercourse.
The health expert urged people who experience headaches during sex not to take it lightly but rather seek medical intervention from specialists.
According to the neurologist, people who have migraine, tension, medications, or fevers often experience a worsening of their headache when they engage in sex.
Prof. Onwuekwe, however, noted that some people without existing headaches also experience headaches with the onset of sex, before orgasm, or after orgasm.
Onwuekwe, who is also the head of the Neurology Unit and Consultant Neurologist at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, explained that since there are possibly confusing reasons for sex to cause headaches, anyone having such must be seen by a competent Neurologist and Headache Specialist for proper diagnosis and treatment.
Speaking in an interview with PUNCH HealthWise, the don said sexual intercourse is a demanding physical activity, adding that it can be associated with the start of or worsening of an already existing headache.
He stated that the 2018 International Classification of Headache Disorders recognises the disorder called primary headache associated with sexual activity.
“This primary disorder serves to distinguish it from headache due to other causes such as migraine that can be made worse during or secondary to sexual activity.
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