The use of positive airway pressure and transauricular vagus nerve stimulation in a paroxysmal hemicranias and assessment of sympathetic skin response

Paroxysmal hemicrania is characterised by severe short-term unilateral headaches that are associated with ipsilateral cranial autonomic symptoms. A rare headache type, paroxysmal hemicrania is included in the trigeminal autonomic cephalgia group of primary headache. The relationship between paroxysmal hemicrania and sleep apnoea has not been previously reported in the literature. Her headaches temporarily regressed with positive airway pressure treatments and positively responded to transauricular vagus nerve stimulation. We evaluated the stimulatory effect of this treatment by examining the patient’s sympathetic skin responses.
Authors: Metin, Kübra Mehel; Meriç, Olcay Tosun; İnan, Levent Ertuğrul; Yoldaş, Tahir Kurtuluş

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