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- Title
Does Low Atmospheric Pressure Independently Trigger Migraine?
- Authors
Bolay, Hayrunnisa; Rapoport, Alan
- Abstract
Although atmospheric weather changes are often listed among the common migraine triggers, studies to determine the specific weather component(s) responsible have yielded inconsistent results. Atmospheric pressure change produces air movement, and low pressure in particular is associated with warm weather, winds, clouds, dust, and precipitation, but how this effect might generate migraine is not immediately obvious. Humans are exposed to low atmospheric pressure in situations such as ascent to high altitude or traveling by airplane in a pressurized cabin. In this brief overview, we consider those conditions and experimental data delineating other elements in the atmosphere potentially related to migraine (such as Saharan dust). We conclude that the available data suggest low atmospheric pressure unaccompanied by other factors does not trigger migraine.
- Subjects
ATMOSPHERIC pressure; DUST; MIGRAINE; WEATHER
- Publication
Headache: The Journal of Head & Face Pain, 2011, Vol 51, Issue 9, p1426
- ISSN
0017-8748
- Publication type
Other
- DOI
10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.01996.x