Cough, exercise, and sex headaches.
Cough, exercise, and sex headaches are underrecognized distinct but related syndromes, triggered by rapid rises in intra-abdominal pressure. All may occur as a manifestation of a possible underlying, symptomatic etiology, and additional diagnostics should typically be pursued to rule out serious causes. Cough headaches may be more common in certain subgroups or settings. Based on recent epidemiologic data, exercise-related headache may be more common than previously thought. There is no evidence that different pain types in sexual headaches are distinct from a pathophysiologic standpoint. Each of these headache syndromes is reported to be responsive to indomethacin.
Headache Section, Department of Neurology, Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: cutrer.michael@mayo.edu.
F Michael
FM
Cutrer
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Justin
J
DeLange
D003371:Cough / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015444:Exercise; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D012725:Sexual Behavior
Benign; Cough; Exercise; Headache; Neuroimaging; Sexual; Structural; Vascular