Uh-oh, it looks as though the ‘I have a headache’ excuse just isn’t going to cut it for much longer when it comes to turning down sex. Why? Well, a team of neurologists have found that having sex can actually stop headaches and migraines dead in their tracks. Yes, really.
The Telegraph reports that a study from the University of Munster in Germany has revealed that having sex when you’re suffering from sore head can be more effective at taking away the pain than painkillers.
The research, which has been published in Cephalalgia (the journal of the International Headache Socity), found that more than half of migraine sufferers who got down and dirty while they had a pain in their noggin experienced an overall improvement in their symptoms.
In fact, one in five patients who had sex to counteract the pain of a migraine, said that they had no pain whatsoever after making love. While others (mostly men) said that they “used sexual activity as a therapeutic tool” to ease their pain.
Sex is a powerful way to counteract the effects of a headache or a migraine
Why is sex so effective against headaches and migraines? According to the boffins, a steamy session triggers the release of endorphins in your body, which can reduce or even eliminate a particularly bad headache.
“The majority of patients with migraine or cluster headache do not have sexual activity during headache attacks,” read the study.
“Our data suggests, however, that sexual activity can lead to partial or complete relief of headache in some migraine and a few cluster headache patients… Sex can abort migraine and cluster headache attacks, and sexual activity is used by some patients as acute headache treatment,” the study added.
So the next time your head starts thumping, simply make some tracks for the bedroom and enlist the help of your man. Hey, it beats taking some paracetamol…
