TY - JOUR
T1 - Migraine headache confounding the diagnosis of acute mountain sickness
AU - Karle, Francis J.
AU - Auerbach, Paul S.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - A 36-year-old man with a history of migraine headache attempted to hike from Lukla, Nepal, to Mount Everest Base Camp. On the sixth day of hiking, he had a migraine headache. After achieving resolution with typical therapies and rest, he ascended higher. Another headache developed that was interpreted to be a migraine. The headache was treated, and he ascended higher, after which severe symptoms of acute mountain sickness developed, necessitating his evacuation by helicopter. Persons with headaches in daily life may present challenges to diagnosis when traveling to high altitude. Careful evaluation and decision making are needed to achieve proper diagnosis and treatment of acute mountain sickness.
AB - A 36-year-old man with a history of migraine headache attempted to hike from Lukla, Nepal, to Mount Everest Base Camp. On the sixth day of hiking, he had a migraine headache. After achieving resolution with typical therapies and rest, he ascended higher. Another headache developed that was interpreted to be a migraine. The headache was treated, and he ascended higher, after which severe symptoms of acute mountain sickness developed, necessitating his evacuation by helicopter. Persons with headaches in daily life may present challenges to diagnosis when traveling to high altitude. Careful evaluation and decision making are needed to achieve proper diagnosis and treatment of acute mountain sickness.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.wem.2013.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.wem.2013.10.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 24462763
AN - SCOPUS:84894434853
VL - 25
SP - 60
EP - 68
JO - Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
JF - Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
SN - 1080-6032
IS - 1
ER -