Chronic Daily Headache With Analgesics Overuse in Professional Women Breath‐Hold Divers

Abstract

The prevalence of CDH is high in Korean professional women breath-hold divers, with many of them being combination-analgesics overusers.

Pain, Depression, and Health-Related Quality of Life of Older Haenyeos (Women Divers)

“…Abusing painkillers for the purpose of controlling symptoms is an important risk factor for chronic headaches (Cevoli et al, 2006). Caffeine is a common ingredient in both over-the-counter and prescription headache medications (Choi et al, 2008). In our study, the most frequently used medication before diving was a combination of analgesics containing caffeine and acetaminophen, due to its accessibility as an over-the counter medication.…”

“…Haenyeos take pain relievers prior to diving to prevent these symptoms (Kim & Kim, 2018;Mun, Lee, & Seo, 2014). A study of haenyeos reported that 11.4% of them suffer from chronic headaches, and most of them regularly take several types of medications to relieve headaches, earaches, and dizziness (Choi, Lee, Kang, Kang, & Bae, 2008;Kim & Kim, 2017). Moreover, about 70% of the haenyeo population have been found to be analgesic abusers, which highlights the serious health risks confronting haenyeos (Choi et al, 2008;Koh, Cho, Yang, & Kim, 2015).…”

“…A study of haenyeos reported that 11.4% of them suffer from chronic headaches, and most of them regularly take several types of medications to relieve headaches, earaches, and dizziness (Choi, Lee, Kang, Kang, & Bae, 2008;Kim & Kim, 2017). Moreover, about 70% of the haenyeo population have been found to be analgesic abusers, which highlights the serious health risks confronting haenyeos (Choi et al, 2008;Koh, Cho, Yang, & Kim, 2015). Furthermore, depression is a common health problem for elderly people in a Jeju Hanmaum Hospital, South Korea b Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Jeju National University, South Korea general; the more chronic diseases they have, the more depressed they are (Jeong & Kim, 2013;Lee & Yang, 2010;Lim, 2014), and the higher the pain that they experience, the more depressed they become (Lee & Moon, 2015).…”

Unexplained Extensive Skull Base and Atlas Pneumatization

“…13 To the best of our knowledge, only 6 previous cases of craniocervical pneumatization without a history of trauma have been reported. [3][4][5][6]9,10 In 5 of these cases, the condition was associated with frequent Valsalva maneuvers and, in some instances, regressed or resolved after these maneuvers were stopped.…”

Scuba Diving Is Not Associated With High Prevalence of Headache: A Cross‐Sectional Study in Men

“…Although psychophysical strain and brain micro‐embolism may represent a substrate for developing crises of headache and occur not rarely while diving, the scientific literature has focused largely on the cerebrovascular risk of divers, 9‐12 but less on their risk of suffering from headache. A study carried out on 911 female skin divers in Korea (ie, breath holders who do not use breathing devices) reported a prevalence of tension headache of 21.4% and a prevalence of migraine of 9.1%, even though a control group had not been considered 13 …”