A10.8.1 Headache attributed to travel in spaceHartmut Gobel2018-01-31T16:25:58+00:00

Description:

Non-specific headache caused by travel in space. The majority of headache episodes are not associated with symptoms of space motion sickness.

Diagnostic criteria:

1. Any new headache fulfilling criterion C
2. The subject is travelling through space
3. Evidence of causation demonstrated by both of the following:
   1. headache has occurred exclusively during space travel
   2. headache has spontaneously improved on return to earth
4. Not better accounted for by another ICHD-3 diagnosis.

Comment:

Of the 16 male and one female astronauts who participated in a survey, 12 (71%) reported at least one headache episode experienced while in space, whereas they had not suffered from headache when on earth.