Childhood Headache Attributed to Airplane Travel

Rogers, Kirsty; Rafiq, Nadia; Prabhakar, P; Ahmed, Mas

doi:10.1177/0883073814539555

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“…[3,7] Rogers and colleagues claimed that headaches showing the same clinical features arising in different situations support the common pathophsiological mechanism. [6] In our case, there was also coexistence of two different headaches (10.1.1 High-altitude headache and 10.1.2 Headache attributed to aeroplane travel) which support the possible common pathophysiology. The hypoxia which leads to increase in cerebral blood flow and based on this respond with vasodilatation in organism underlies the pathophysiology of airplane travel headache that increase with hypoxia and/or exposure to hypercapnia and regress with better environment.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…The cranial magnetic resonance imaging findings were normal in the first case of airplane travel headache in 2004 and in the subsequent reports. [6,7,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Whereas in our case the wide Virchow-Robin spaces were found at insular cortex and basal ganglia in cranial MRI (Figure 1). Virchow-Robin areas are perivascular spaces that around small arteries and veins entering into brain from subarachnoid area, and generally this finding is seen at any age which not lead to complaint.…”

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confidence: 64%

“…Furthermore, sensitization of trigeminal nerve endings due to any disorder in nasal and paranasal mucosa may cause similar maladaptation to pressure changes as well. [6,7] Previously published data has shown that similar headaches commonly occur in both during descent from high altitudes and scuba diving. [1,8] In concordance with this, our case was also another model of the coexistence of headache related to in two different conditions of altitude variation.…”

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Giant Virchow- Robin spaces may play a role at headache attributed to hypoxia and/or hypercapnia

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uyku apnesi baş ağrısı şeklinde alt gruplara ayrılmaktadır. Uçak seyahati esnasında ortaya çıkan baş ağrıları sık karşılaşmadığımız baş ağrılarındandır. Literatürde ilk vaka 2004 yılında bildirilmiştir. Uçak seyahatine bağlı baş ağrısı patofizyolojisi henüz tam anlaşılamamıştır. Uçak seyahati ve yükseklik baş ağrılarının birlikte aynı olguda görülmesi, kranial MR' da geniş Virchow-Robin aralıklarının izlenmesi, önleyici atak tedavisi ile bu baş ağrılarının gelmemesi yönüyle hastamızı sunmayı uygun bulduk. Anahtar sözcükler: Uçak seyahatine bağlı baş ağrısı; yüksek irtifa baş ağrısı; Virchow-Robin aralıkları.

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“… • The authors pointed out that the prevalence of AH might be underestimated as many passengers, suffering from AH, do not seek a doctor. 2015, Rogers et al [ 18 ] 1 1 F 11 Case report • The patient experienced a severe headache during the ascent. The pain was described as sharp, stabbing, throbbing and located in the unilateral and frontal region.…”

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Headache attributed to airplane travel: diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment – a systematic review

Bui

Gazerani

2017

J Headache Pain

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BackgroundHeadache attributed to airplane travel, also named "airplane headache" (AH) is a headache that occurs during take-off and landing. Today, there are still uncertainties about the pathophysiology and treatment of AH. This systematic review was performed to facilitate identification of the existing literature on AH in order to discuss the current evidence and areas that remain to be investigated in AH.MethodsThe systematic literature search was performed in 3 relevant medical databases; PubMed, Scopus, and Embase. The search yielded 220 papers and the papers were sorted based on inclusion and exclusion criteria established for this study.ResultsThis systematic review included 39 papers. Main findings revealed that AH attacks are clinically stereotyped and appear mostly during landing phases. The headache presents as a severe painful headache that often disappears within 30 min. The pain is unilateral and localized in the fronto-orbital region. Sinus barotrauma has been considered as the main cause of AH. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and triptans have been taken by passengers with AH, to relieve the headache.ConclusionsBased on this systematic review, further studies seem required to investigate underlying mechanisms in AH and also to investigate the biological effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and triptans for alleviating of AH. These studies would advance our understanding of AH pathogenesis and potential use of treatments that are not yet established.

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“…The official insertion of AH in the international classification attracted the attention of the scientific community; subsequently and up until publication of this article, 45 publications in English on the topic have been published …”

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Headache Attributed to Aeroplane Travel: An Historical Outline

2019

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Introduction.-Headache attributed to aeroplane travel (AH) is one of the new nosological entries in the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) 3 beta. Materials and Methods.-This study retraces the history of headache related to flight, from the initial description to the modern reports, on the basis of original sources. Results.-Head pain related to flight has been reported since the beginning of flight era. However, most of those early cases are easily recognized as secondary to an exceptional barotrauma and/or a sinusitis concomitant with the flight. Instead, contemporary research identified a new nosological entity, AH, which by definition occurs in normal flying conditions and in absence of any sinus pathology. Moreover, we identified recently similar forms of headache, triggered by sudden changes of external pressure (rapid descent from mountain, mountain descent headache, MDH); and ascent from diving, diving ascent headache (DAH).Conclusion.-Head pain related to flight has been reported since the origin of aviation, but it was caused by an exceptional barotrauma or a respiratory infection. Instead, AH occurs in normal flying conditions. Two newly identified conditions, MDH and DAH, appear to share a common pathogenetic mechanism with AH: namely the imbalance between intrasinusal and external air pressure. Therefore, we assert that an expansion of this entity of AH is something that should be considered in the next ICHD.

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Childhood Headache Attributed to Airplane Travel

Cited by 8 publications

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Giant Virchow- Robin spaces may play a role at headache attributed to hypoxia and/or hypercapnia

Giant Virchow- Robin spaces may play a role at headache attributed to hypoxia and/or hypercapnia

Headache attributed to airplane travel: diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment – a systematic review

Headache Attributed to Aeroplane Travel: An Historical Outline

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