Headache reduces female sexual desire

Women who experience frequent headaches or migraines face a higher risk of sexual symptoms than others, a study in Sexual Medicine reported.

The study results show that more than 90% of participants - women who are taking drugs to treat headache - significantly reduced sexual function, and 29% of them feel tired of love life. sex.

"Women with a history of severe headaches are more likely to experience stress and sexual symptoms, including reducing libido and feeling pain when having sex. Therefore, doctors treat patients with pain. So often ask them about sex life , " the researchers said.

Experts at Pavia University, Italy have studied over 100 women, whose average age is 40. Most of them treat migraines, headaches or chronic headaches (headache over 15 days in one months) for many years now.

Women with headache face the risk of having high sexual symptoms

Scientists interviewed participants to check their psychological and medical history. At the same time, these subjects must complete a questionnaire about sex life.

Research shows that the subjects get 91 points in the questionnaire answer. This proves that they have experienced sexual problems beyond the normal situation. About 20% of women are diagnosed with hypoactive sexual desire disorder. And more than 17% of women have low libido but don't feel tired of it.

Although different headaches do not change sexual function in women, people with chronic headaches feel tired of having more sex life than the rest.

"Not many people are interested in the sexuality of women with headaches. We need to conduct many studies to better assess the sexual dysfunction agents in women - people. treated for acute headache " , scientists said.

However, research has found several ways to explain the link between headaches and sexual problems.Any chronic pain affects desire and stimulation . In addition, people with headaches often suffer from mental disorders such as depression, anxiety. This is the factor that affects the satisfaction of simultaneous sexual intercourse and the drugs used to treat headaches can also reduce female physiology.

Headaches can also cause conflicts between couples and make their sexual relations incomplete.