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Benign exertional headache

MedGen UID:
101089
•Concept ID:
C0522253
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Benign Exertional Headache; Benign Exertional Headaches; Exertional Headache, Benign; Exertional Headaches, Benign; Headache, Benign Exertional; Headache, Primary Exertional; Headaches, Benign Exertional; Primary Exertional Headache
SNOMED CT: Benign exertional headache (103011009); Benign exertion headache (103011009); Primary exertional headache (103011009)

Definition

Headache triggered by exercise. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBenign exertional headache

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and management of headache in the weight-lifting athlete.
Rifat SF, Moeller JL
Curr Sports Med Rep 2003 Oct;2(5):272-5. doi: 10.1249/00149619-200310000-00008. PMID: 12959709

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Hemodynamic changes after static and dynamic exercises and treadmill stress test; different patterns in patients with primary benign exertional headache?
Kordi R, Mazaheri R, Rostami M, Mansournia MA
Acta Med Iran 2012;50(6):399-403. PMID: 22837126
Cough, exertional, and other miscellaneous headaches.
Sands GH, Newman L, Lipton R
Med Clin North Am 1991 May;75(3):733-47. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30446-1. PMID: 2020226
Benign vascular sexual headache and exertional headache: interrelationships and long term prognosis.
Silbert PL, Edis RH, Stewart-Wynne EG, Gubbay SS
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1991 May;54(5):417-21. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.54.5.417. PMID: 1865204Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Primary Exercise Headache.
Upadhyaya P, Nandyala A, Ailani J
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2020 Apr 15;20(5):9. doi: 10.1007/s11910-020-01028-4. PMID: 32296942Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and management of headache in the weight-lifting athlete.
Rifat SF, Moeller JL
Curr Sports Med Rep 2003 Oct;2(5):272-5. doi: 10.1249/00149619-200310000-00008. PMID: 12959709
Benign exertional headache.
Imperato J, Burstein J, Edlow JA
Ann Emerg Med 2003 Jan;41(1):98-103. doi: 10.1067/mem.2003.21. PMID: 12514689
Headaches and exercise.
McCrory P
Sports Med 2000 Sep;30(3):221-9. doi: 10.2165/00007256-200030030-00006. PMID: 10999425
Swimmer's migraine.
Indo T, Takahashi A
Headache 1990 Jul;30(8):485-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1990.hed3008485.x. PMID: 2228597

Therapy

Primary Exercise Headache.
Upadhyaya P, Nandyala A, Ailani J
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2020 Apr 15;20(5):9. doi: 10.1007/s11910-020-01028-4. PMID: 32296942Free PMC Article
Chiari-associated exertional, cough, and sneeze headache responsive to medical therapy.
Buzzi MG, Formisano R, Colonnese C, Pierelli F
Headache 2003 Apr;43(4):404-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2003.03076.x. PMID: 12656713
Benign exertional headache.
Imperato J, Burstein J, Edlow JA
Ann Emerg Med 2003 Jan;41(1):98-103. doi: 10.1067/mem.2003.21. PMID: 12514689
Cough, exertional, and other miscellaneous headaches.
Sands GH, Newman L, Lipton R
Med Clin North Am 1991 May;75(3):733-47. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30446-1. PMID: 2020226
Prolonged benign exertional headache: its clinical characteristics and response to indomethacin.
Diamond S
Headache 1982 May;22(3):96-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1982.hed2203096.x. PMID: 7096075

Prognosis

Hemodynamic changes after static and dynamic exercises and treadmill stress test; different patterns in patients with primary benign exertional headache?
Kordi R, Mazaheri R, Rostami M, Mansournia MA
Acta Med Iran 2012;50(6):399-403. PMID: 22837126
Benign vascular sexual headache and exertional headache: interrelationships and long term prognosis.
Silbert PL, Edis RH, Stewart-Wynne EG, Gubbay SS
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1991 May;54(5):417-21. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.54.5.417. PMID: 1865204Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Angiographically demonstrated arterial spasm in a case of benign sexual headache and benign exertional headache.
Silbert PL, Hankey GJ, Prentice DA, Apsimon HT
Aust N Z J Med 1989 Oct;19(5):466-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1989.tb00308.x. PMID: 2590098

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