Metabolic headaches

Neurol Clin. 2014 May;32(2):451-69. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2013.11.011. Epub 2014 Jan 11.

Abstract

This article discusses headaches secondary to disorders of homeostasis, which include headaches attributed to (1) hypoxia and/or hypercapnia (high-altitude, diving, or sleep apnea), (2) dialysis, (3) arterial hypertension (pheochromocytoma, hypertensive crisis without hypertensive encephalopathy, hypertensive encephalopathy, preeclampsia or eclampsia, or autonomic dysreflexia), (4) hypothyroidism, (5) fasting, (6) cardiac cephalalgia, and (7) other disorder of homeostasis. Clinical features and diagnosis as well as therapeutic strategies are discussed for each headache type.

Keywords: Cardiac cephalalgia; Dialysis; Fasting; Homeostasis; Hypertension; Hypothyroidism; Hypoxia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Headache / diagnosis
  • Headache / etiology*
  • Headache / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Hypercapnia / complications
  • Hypertension / complications*
  • Hypertension / diagnosis
  • Hypertension / metabolism
  • Hypoxia / complications*
  • Male
  • Sleep / physiology*
  • Treatment Outcome