FlipperK
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Over the summer I ended up getting diagnosed with coital migraines (sex headaches).
They were the most intense severe headaches I have ever had, enough to make me sit down to wait for it to pass. I thought I was having a stroke. They happened nearly every time I would try to have sex for several days afterwards, my doctor eventually told me to go to the ER to get anything else ruled out.
I told the admitting nurse what was going on and they advised they would run a CT Scan without and with contrast to rule out any brain bleeds and to look at my blood vessels/arteries to also make sure nothing else was going on.
Did both scans and everything came back fine and was discharged. I made a follow up appointment with my neuro a few days later and he asked what was done and stated he would have ordered the same tests, and would review the scans. But since the ER ruled that nothing showed up that I was diagnosed with coital migraines.
I know that given the sudden onset of these migraines and how severe they were, and that my neuro would have ordered the same tests... and that this is condition is based on ruling out other factors... CT Scans were the best tool to use. But I keep thinking about the radiation exposure.
I never had any other CTs done and my X-ray exposures are down to my normal dental ones. I had a chest x-ray done once a year ago for back pain that wouldn't go away. Other than that, very minimal.
I know that because of my symptoms and how sudden/painful they were... a CT scan was probably the best diagnostic tool to use at the time to make sure I had nothing serious going on. I know MRIs take longer to get results from and CTs are quick. I kind of wish I wasn't put into that situation.
I have read that CT head scans use the least amount of radiation out of all of the CT scans you can do, even with two I had done its' still at the bottom of the list. But it is much more than a typical x-ray. I even read that overall, its' just a blimp on your overall risk of getting cancer. But now I am thinking about it. Nothing I can do now, its done and over with.
They were the most intense severe headaches I have ever had, enough to make me sit down to wait for it to pass. I thought I was having a stroke. They happened nearly every time I would try to have sex for several days afterwards, my doctor eventually told me to go to the ER to get anything else ruled out.
I told the admitting nurse what was going on and they advised they would run a CT Scan without and with contrast to rule out any brain bleeds and to look at my blood vessels/arteries to also make sure nothing else was going on.
Did both scans and everything came back fine and was discharged. I made a follow up appointment with my neuro a few days later and he asked what was done and stated he would have ordered the same tests, and would review the scans. But since the ER ruled that nothing showed up that I was diagnosed with coital migraines.
I know that given the sudden onset of these migraines and how severe they were, and that my neuro would have ordered the same tests... and that this is condition is based on ruling out other factors... CT Scans were the best tool to use. But I keep thinking about the radiation exposure.
I never had any other CTs done and my X-ray exposures are down to my normal dental ones. I had a chest x-ray done once a year ago for back pain that wouldn't go away. Other than that, very minimal.
I know that because of my symptoms and how sudden/painful they were... a CT scan was probably the best diagnostic tool to use at the time to make sure I had nothing serious going on. I know MRIs take longer to get results from and CTs are quick. I kind of wish I wasn't put into that situation.
I have read that CT head scans use the least amount of radiation out of all of the CT scans you can do, even with two I had done its' still at the bottom of the list. But it is much more than a typical x-ray. I even read that overall, its' just a blimp on your overall risk of getting cancer. But now I am thinking about it. Nothing I can do now, its done and over with.
