ArticleCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2013
Diagnosis and management of headache attributed to airplane travel.
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- Headache attributed to airplane travel: diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment - a systematic review.The journal of headache and pain · 2017Pooled it
- Rimegepant in airplane headache treatment: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- Prolonged flight exposure and its effects on sinonasal health among aircrew members.Saudi medical journal · 2025Article
- Maxillary sinus barotrauma with infraorbital nerve paraesthesia after breath-hold diving.Diving and hyperbaric medicine · 2024Article
- Headache and Barometric Pressure: a Narrative Review.Current pain and headache reports · 2019Review
- Headache attributed to aeroplane travel: the first multicentric survey in a paediatric population affected by primary headaches.The journal of headache and pain · 2018Article
- Headache Attributed to Airplane Travel: A Review of Literature.Current pain and headache reports · 2018Review
- Simulated airplane headache: a proxy towards identification of underlying mechanisms.The journal of headache and pain · 2017Article
- Medical Problems during Participation of Medical Congress - A Long Trip to Val D'Isere from Korea.Neurointervention · 2016Article
- Headaches attributed to airplane travel: a Danish survey.The journal of headache and pain · 2016Article
- Risk factors for high-altitude headache upon acute high-altitude exposure at 3700 m in young Chinese men: a cohort study.The journal of headache and pain · 2013Article
- Successful Treatment of Airplane Headache with Rizatriptan: Case Report.Case reports in neurologyArticle
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Abstract
The headache attributed to airplane travel, also named "airplane headache", is characterized by the sudden onset of a severe head pain exclusively in relation to airplane flights, mainly during the landing phase. Secondary causes, such as upper respiratory tract infections or acute sinusitis, must be ruled out. Although its cause is not thoroughly understood, sinus barotrauma should be reasonably involved in the pathophysiological mechanisms. Furthermore, in the current International Classification of Headache Disorders, rapid descent from high altitude is not considered as a possible cause of headache, although the onset of such pain in airplane travellers or aviators has been well known since the beginning of the aviation era. On the basis of a survey we conducted with the courteous cooperation of people who had experienced this type of headache, we proposed diagnostic criteria to be added to the forthcoming revision of the International Classification of Headache Disorders. Their formal validation would favour further studies aimed at improving knowledge of the pathophysiological mechanisms involved and at implementing preventative measures.
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