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01.12.2015 | Letter to the Editor
Sexual headache: two familiar orgasmic headache cases and review of the literature
Erschienen in:
Acta Neurologica Belgica
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Ausgabe 4/2015
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Excerpt
According to the International Classification of Headache Disorders 2013 (ICHD-3), primary headache associated to sexual activity (pSH) is described as a bilateral (in some cases unilateral) occipital or diffuse dull pain headache. Two phenotypes of onset are described: progressive onset with a slow increase during sexual intercourse (also masturbation) worsening at the orgasm or sudden onset immediately before or during the orgasm. pSH last for 1 min to days, often with spontaneous recovery, frequently without any autonomic or vegetative symptoms associated [
1,
2]. Some cases are reported with thunderclap headache (TH) onset (described as “explosive”) with proximity to orgasm. …