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  • Neurology
  • Environmental Medicine

Background:

  • Hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, is linked to secondary headaches like high-altitude headache (HAH).
  • These headaches share similarities with primary headaches, suggesting a potential common mechanism involving hypoxia.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and discuss the potential role of hypoxia in the pathophysiology of migraine and cluster headache.
  • To explore the relationship between hypoxia and primary headache disorders.

Main Methods:

  • A narrative review of epidemiological and experimental studies.
  • Investigation of human provocation models to assess hypoxia's effects on headaches.

Main Results:

  • Epidemiological data indicate a higher risk of migraine, especially with aura, in high-altitude populations.
  • Hypoxia provocation models successfully induced migraine with and without aura.
  • Cluster headache was not reliably induced by hypoxia in experimental settings.

Conclusions:

  • A potential association exists between hypoxia and migraine, and possibly cluster headache.
  • Hypoxia-induced mechanisms may involve nitric oxide, CGRP release, CSD, and BBB leakage.
  • Hypoxia provocation models offer a novel avenue for studying primary headache mechanisms.