OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the relationships between headache and nasal obstruction or nasal allergy on a group of Italian school children. METHODS: One hundred twenty-six children suffering from headache, were enrolled in the study. All patients underwent an accurate clinical history, a complete ENT objective examination, an Anterior Active Rhinomanometry, an analysis of nasal mucociliary transport time and a skin test on the inner forearm. RESULTS: Nasal resistances were increased in 101 out of 105 of children (96.2%) affected by severe headache (group A) and in 5 out of 21 (23.8%) of those affected by sporadic headache (P < 0.0001), for an odds ratio of 80.0 (95% CI, 19-343). The analysis of mucociliary transport time offered results comparable with those of the Anterior Active Rhinomanometry. CONCLUSIONS: Dysfunctions of nasal physiology, as stated by the alteration of nasal resistances and nasal mucociliary transport, seem to be able to affect the development and the characteristics of headaches; specifically we found that children with an altered nasal physiology have more severe and more frequent attacks of headache.

Passali, D., Damiani, V., Passali, F.M., Passali, G.C., Bellussi, L.M. (2004). Nasal obstruction and headache. A real correlation?. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, 68(11), 1407-1411.

Nasal obstruction and headache. A real correlation?

PASSALI, DESIDERIO;BELLUSSI, LUISA MARIA
2004-01-01

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the relationships between headache and nasal obstruction or nasal allergy on a group of Italian school children. METHODS: One hundred twenty-six children suffering from headache, were enrolled in the study. All patients underwent an accurate clinical history, a complete ENT objective examination, an Anterior Active Rhinomanometry, an analysis of nasal mucociliary transport time and a skin test on the inner forearm. RESULTS: Nasal resistances were increased in 101 out of 105 of children (96.2%) affected by severe headache (group A) and in 5 out of 21 (23.8%) of those affected by sporadic headache (P < 0.0001), for an odds ratio of 80.0 (95% CI, 19-343). The analysis of mucociliary transport time offered results comparable with those of the Anterior Active Rhinomanometry. CONCLUSIONS: Dysfunctions of nasal physiology, as stated by the alteration of nasal resistances and nasal mucociliary transport, seem to be able to affect the development and the characteristics of headaches; specifically we found that children with an altered nasal physiology have more severe and more frequent attacks of headache.
2004
Passali, D., Damiani, V., Passali, F.M., Passali, G.C., Bellussi, L.M. (2004). Nasal obstruction and headache. A real correlation?. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, 68(11), 1407-1411.
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