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Having Headache After Sex. Had Cancer. Underwent Radiation And Chemo Therapy. Treatment?
Question: I was having sex with my husband last night, I had a big on the left side if my brain just above my temple
then the worst headache iv ever had, a hot shower eased it. please tell my me what your opinion of this my have been? I have had both sides of my face irreated and many treatments for the past 15 years.
then the worst headache iv ever had, a hot shower eased it. please tell my me what your opinion of this my have been? I have had both sides of my face irreated and many treatments for the past 15 years.
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Post-coital headaches are common, especially those with a history of migraine.
However, since you had the worst headache of your life, it is also important to exclude a bleed in the brain due to aneurysm (abnormal dilatation of an artery of brain) rupture. So, you should get a brain scan done. I would like to point out, however, that the chance of you having an aneurysm is low (less than 5% of people with symptoms such as yours have it).
I hope it helps.
Please get back if you require any additional information.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
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Thank you for posting your query.
Post-coital headaches are common, especially those with a history of migraine.
However, since you had the worst headache of your life, it is also important to exclude a bleed in the brain due to aneurysm (abnormal dilatation of an artery of brain) rupture. So, you should get a brain scan done. I would like to point out, however, that the chance of you having an aneurysm is low (less than 5% of people with symptoms such as yours have it).
I hope it helps.
Please get back if you require any additional information.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
My personal URL on this website: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My email: YYYY@YYYY
My blog: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.com/
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I find that you have not answered my question you suggest a brain scan. how would I go about this? I had an explosion in my head and my eyes went blurry my husband had to support me, I was dizzy and still have the headache, no more explosions as yet, the headaches which I have had for around 3months. im sorry I did not explain myself very well last night. I have been taking panadol rapid which gives an hour relief at a time. I have growths in both sides of my mouth, due to being over radiated, they are very painful. my local gp has given me ms contin and I find that im taking them way two much, and they don't give much relief either. I need to be to stop the pain, I keep thinking about taking my life far to often. if it was'nt for my family I would not be here. PLEASE HELP ME. XXXXXXX
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Hi Ms XXXXXXX
Thank you for getting back and providing more details.
It is unfortunate that you have not had relief from headaches for three months or so.
As of now, you have been taking medications for pain relief, which provides temporary relief. What I would suggest is that you should take preventive medications to prevent recurrence of headaches.
Medications that help in preventing recurrence of headaches are beta blockers, divalproex, topiramate, etc. If these medications do not help, botox injections would be the next option.
For relief of headaches now, you could take naproxen or sumatriptan tablets.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine) DM (Neurology)
Thank you for getting back and providing more details.
It is unfortunate that you have not had relief from headaches for three months or so.
As of now, you have been taking medications for pain relief, which provides temporary relief. What I would suggest is that you should take preventive medications to prevent recurrence of headaches.
Medications that help in preventing recurrence of headaches are beta blockers, divalproex, topiramate, etc. If these medications do not help, botox injections would be the next option.
For relief of headaches now, you could take naproxen or sumatriptan tablets.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine) DM (Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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