Headaches can occur for a variety of reasons, including stress, irregular eating habits, lack of sleep, etc. In very rare cases, they can also occur immediately after a shower.
This extremely rare condition was only reported 51 times worldwide between 2000 and 2017. Since then, no cases have been reported.
This condition, dubbed shower-related headache (BRH), is a rare primary headache disorder that presents with the sudden onset of excruciating headaches that mostly affect middle-aged Asian women, often after exposure to hot water.
According to a study recently published in the journal of In medical case reports, a 60-year-old Sri Lankan woman first developed a “severe headache” in March 2021, just after taking a hot shower.
The next day, she showered again, which again resulted in an “unbearable” headache, and she was taken to the hospital.
Doctors from the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka said several brain scans returned to normal, indicating the unnamed woman had no underlying health issues.
They diagnosed her with bath-related headache (BRH), a rare headache syndrome caused by water getting on the head, usually while showering or swimming.
Doctors prescribed the patient nimodipine, a drug used to treat high blood pressure, and her headache gradually disappeared after three days.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, people who have experienced a toilet-related headache often describe it as the worst headache of their lives, unlike any other headache they have ever experienced.
Two years after an examination during which she avoided hot showers, doctors found that her headaches had not gone away.
Experts are now calling for BRH to be included in the International Classification of Headache Disorders, a system used by paramedics worldwide to identify and classify all headache disorders.
Source: Sun
