The relationship of headache occurrence to barometric pressure

Schulman, Jane; Leviton, April Celeste R.; Slack, Warner V.; Porter, D. G.; Graham, John D.

doi:10.1007/bf02249796

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“…The authors found that frequency was associated with low barometric pressure, and severity was associated with the “dazzle” index (snow cover combined with hours of sunlight). A similar study, however, did not find any relation between headache and weather, including barometric pressure 10 . Osterman et al studied 73 patients over a 4‐week period and reported a correlation between migraine frequency and atmospheric pressure and outdoor temperature recorded 1 to 3 days earlier 11 .…”

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The Effect of Weather on Headache

Prince

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Sheftell³

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“…Some of those with headache also report that weather has a significant and consistent impact on their headache. They also believe that they know which weather factors are most likely to trigger their migraine attacks 9–12 …”

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The Effect of Weather on Headache

Prince

Rapoport²,

Sheftell³

et al. 2004

Headache

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“…Headache sufferers frequently describe weather changes as triggers for headache onset or the worsening of ongoing headache symptoms. Although many people in the general population believe that there is an association between headache and weather [2], early studies examining this possibility have yielded inconsistent results [3], [4], [5], [6]. The variability in prior findings may be due, at least in part, to the lack of systemic comparisons of a wide range of climatic parameters in relation to headache [7], as well as the lack of adequate analytical methods to investigate weather data, which are often highly dynamic on multiple time scales.…”

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Temporal Associations between Weather and Headache: Analysis by Empirical Mode Decomposition

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BackgroundPatients frequently report that weather changes trigger headache or worsen existing headache symptoms. Recently, the method of empirical mode decomposition (EMD) has been used to delineate temporal relationships in certain diseases, and we applied this technique to identify intrinsic weather components associated with headache incidence data derived from a large-scale epidemiological survey of headache in the Greater Taipei area.Methodology/Principal FindingsThe study sample consisted of 52 randomly selected headache patients. The weather time-series parameters were detrended by the EMD method into a set of embedded oscillatory components, i.e. intrinsic mode functions (IMFs). Multiple linear regression models with forward stepwise methods were used to analyze the temporal associations between weather and headaches. We found no associations between the raw time series of weather variables and headache incidence. For decomposed intrinsic weather IMFs, temperature, sunshine duration, humidity, pressure, and maximal wind speed were associated with headache incidence during the cold period, whereas only maximal wind speed was associated during the warm period. In analyses examining all significant weather variables, IMFs derived from temperature and sunshine duration data accounted for up to 33.3% of the variance in headache incidence during the cold period. The association of headache incidence and weather IMFs in the cold period coincided with the cold fronts.Conclusions/SignificanceUsing EMD analysis, we found a significant association between headache and intrinsic weather components, which was not detected by direct comparisons of raw weather data. Contributing weather parameters may vary in different geographic regions and different seasons.

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“…Initial studies aimed at analyzing a relationship between weather and headache without differentiating any further among primary headaches. As pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying the different types of primary headaches differ substantially, the majority of these trials did not prove a direct correlation [25]. Multiple studies were also conducted prior to the publication of the first edition of the Headache Classification of the International Headache Society impeding the creation of homogenous study groups which are the basis for reliable study results [25–29].…”

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“…As pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying the different types of primary headaches differ substantially, the majority of these trials did not prove a direct correlation [25]. Multiple studies were also conducted prior to the publication of the first edition of the Headache Classification of the International Headache Society impeding the creation of homogenous study groups which are the basis for reliable study results [25–29]. In this context, Barrie et al [26] and Wilkinson et al [27] did not find a link between weather variables and migraine.…”

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Migraine and Triggers: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?

Hoffmann

Recober

2013

Curr Pain Headache Rep

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The influence of environmental factors on the clinical manifestation of migraine has been a matter of extensive debate over the past decades. Migraineurs commonly report foods, alcohol, meteorologic or atmospheric changes, exposure to light, sounds, or odors, as factors that trigger or aggravate their migraine attacks. In the same way, physicians frequently follow this belief in their recommendations in how migraineurs may reduce their attack frequency, especially with regard to the consumption of certain food components. Interestingly, despite being such a common belief, most of the clinical studies have shown conflicting results. The aim of the review is to critically analyze clinical and pathophysiological facts that support or refute a correlation between certain environmental stimuli and the occurrence of migraine attacks. Given the substantial discrepancy between patients' reports and objective clinical data, the methodological difficulties of investigating the link between environmental factors and migraine are highlighted.

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The relationship of headache occurrence to barometric pressure

Cited by 20 publications

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The Effect of Weather on Headache

The Effect of Weather on Headache

Temporal Associations between Weather and Headache: Analysis by Empirical Mode Decomposition

Migraine and Triggers: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?

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