title: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in cluster headache.
abstract: Preliminary reports have shown that hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) interrupts cluster headache (CH) attacks. In the present study, 6 of 7 patients with episodic cluster headache who were treated with hyperbaric oxygen experienced an interruption of the attack. In 3 of 6 responders the florid period of the cluster headache was interrupted. The other 3 patients remained without pain attacks for a period lasting from 3 to 6 days. In 6 different patients, a placebo treatment had no effect. The present findings clearly indicate that hyperbaric oxygen has not only a symptomatic effect on a single attack of cluster headache, but it also could prevent the occurrence of subsequent attacks.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Internal Medicine VI, Headache Center, University La Sapienza, Rome, 00161 RomeItaly Institute of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, University La Sapienza, Rome, 00161 RomeItaly.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Sabato
authors.forename: Bruno M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Fusco
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pelaia
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giacovazzo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged