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Question 1

What is a preorgasmic headache?

Answer 1

bioccipital pressure like or aching pain that appears during sexual activity and increases with mounting sexual excitement

Question 2

What is an orgasmic headache?

Answer 2

a sudden explosive onset followed by severe throbbing head painthat occurs just prior to or at the moment of orgasm

Question 3

What is the cause of sexual headaches?

Answer 3

cause of benign sexual headache is unknown and is difficult to study because of their relative rarity and variable clinical presentation

Question 4

What test can you run after a sexual headache?

Answer 4

head CT, lumbar puncture if the patient is within hours of headache onset

Question 5

Which meds can a pt take to treat sexual headaches?

Answer 5

indomethacin, propranolol and other beta blockers, various triptans and the combination drug belladonna-phenobarbital-ergotamine tartrate

Question 6

What is the prognosis of sexual headaches?

Answer 6

Prognosis for sexual headache is good. Single sexual headache is about 75% while chronic ongoing is about 25%