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Nervenheilkunde 2013; 32(03): 118-122
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1628490
Kopfschmerzen
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Sexuelle Aktivität und Kopfschmerz

Auslöser oder Entlastung?Sexual activity and headacheTrigger or relief
A. Hambach
1   Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster
,
S. Evers
1   Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster
2   Krankenhaus Lindenbrunn, Coppenbrügge
,
A. Frese
1   Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster
3   Akademie für Manuelle Medizin, Münster
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22 January 2018 (online)

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Zusammenfassung

Ein idiopathischer Kopfschmerz ausgelöst durch sexuelle Aktivität ist seit vielen Jahren bekannt und in die aktuelle Klassifikation der International Headache Society aufgenommen. In dieser Übersicht werden die klinischen Erscheinungsbilder und die Therapiemöglichkeiten bei dieser Kopfschmerzform vorgestellt. Daneben kann sexuelle Aktivität in einzelnen Fällen eine Entlastung von Kopfschmerzen (insbesondere Migräne) darstellen. Der epidemiologische Hintergrund für dieses Phänomen und mögliche Mechanismen werden ebenfalls vorgestellt und diskutiert.

Summary

An idiopathic headache disorder associated with sexual activity is known for many years and has been introduced in the current classification of the International Headache Society. In this review, the clinical picture and the therapeutic options for this headache disorders are described. Further, sexual activity can lead to headache relief (in particular migraine) in single patients. The epidemiological background for this phenomenon and possible mechanisms are presented and discussed.

Schlüsselwörter

Kopfschmerz - Migräne - sexuelle Aktivität - Subarachnoidalblutung

Keywords

Headache - migraine - sexual activity - subarachnoid haemorrhage
 

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