Woman reveals how an orgasm left her in a wheelchair

Lucinda Allen, 38, from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, a small town north-west of London, said that she was hit by an excruciating headache after climaxing with her engineer husband Tony five years ago.

Allen was six months pregnant when the unfortunate happened, and went in a medically-induced coma after a series of strokes left her permanently paralysed down her left side, the New York Post reports.

How did it happen?

Allen said that on that fateful day, she felt a sharp pain above her right eye that left her unable to sleep.

“I was writhing on the bed in agony and crying when Tony phoned my mum.”

“I’ve experienced what’s known as post-orgasm ‘thunderclap head-pain’ all through my adult life.”

“The pain I usually have after orgasm is a bit like brain-freeze – quite painful but never lasts long.” “But after a while, I realised it just wasn’t going away.”

She was rushed to the hospital in Birmingham and began to panic when she was unable to speak.

“I thought I might be having a brain haemorrhage. After that, it was a blur. All I remember is confusion, dreams, and reality mixed together, fear ….” she said.

She was put into an induced coma to let her brain rest and during that time, she had brain surgery – a craniotomy where part of her skull was cut open to release the pressure on her brain.

Further scans revealed that the baby was fine and after six days, Allen finally emerged from the coma but paralyzed.

After staying at the hospital for three months, Allen was allowed home for two days, but she later returned to the hospital for a planned C-section.

She said that her husband was by her side when baby daughter Marri-Alice, now an energetic 4-year-old, was born on November 19, 2012.

Her wish now is to be able to run around the park with her daughter like other mothers do, but she is unable to because she is wheelchair-bound.

She said that she wonders if her paralysis could have been prevented.

“Nobody talks about post-orgasm head-pain and that’s understandable.”

“But, because of what’s happened to me, I am now on a mission to raise awareness of how this pain can be a warning sign of impending brain hemorrhage.”

“Because of it, I have lost a huge part of ‘me’ – my career, any siblings my daughter may have had, my plans for the future.”

Allen’s neurosurgeon Alessandro Palazzo said that “Although Lucinda’s condition is very unusual in that it presented in pregnancy and caused a bleed inside the brain, people who suffer from HSA (headache associated with sexual activity) should be aware that the headache could be the sign of an underlying condition.”

“If you get a headache during or after sex and the pain is severe, you should seek immediate medical attention, as this could be a sign that a brain hemorrhage has taken place. If it’s the first time you’ve experienced post-coital head-pain, it’s advisable to see your doctor.”

“If the pain persists, go to the emergency room of your nearest hospital. If the post-coital head-pain has happened before - if it’s an episodic occurrence - and you’re concerned, get advice from a neurologist and maybe get an MRI scan, just to rule out any underlying conditions or vascular malformation.”

Woman reveals how an orgasm left her in a wheelchair

A woman has revealed how she was left permanently paralysed and wheelchair bound after having sex with her husband.

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