Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in cluster headache.
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.
Di Sabato
Francesco
F
Institute of Internal Medicine VI, Headache Center, University La Sapienza, Rome, 00161 RomeItaly Institute of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, University La Sapienza, Rome, 00161 RomeItaly.
Fusco
Bruno M
BM
Pelaia
Paolo
P
Giacovazzo
Mario
M
D000328:Adult; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged