Certain stimuli may cause brief headaches.ย They include:
- โIce-Cream Headacheโ (โbrain freezeโ), when enough cold hits the roof of the mouth fast enough.
- โCough Headacheโ occurs after coughing.
- โPost-Coital Headacheโ occurs during or right after sex; it can be emotionally traumatic.
- โChinese Restaurant Headacheโ from eating products with monosodium glutamate.
- โHot-Dog Headacheโ from foods with nitrites.
These headaches should only be diagnosed after numerous occurrences have set a pattern, not with the first episode. Because of the intense straining, a Subarachnoid Hemorrhage from a brain aneurysm leak can also occur during sex.