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Spontaneous Low‐Pressure Headache Complicating Bagpiping
Author(s) -
Patrick Alasdair,
McAuley David,
Roxburgh Richard
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00763_1.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , history , psychology
We describe an interesting case of a 40‐year‐old lady who developed a spontaneous low‐pressure headache whilst playing the bagpipes. Playing wind instruments requires the generation of significant intra‐thoracic pressure, which may have contributed to this musician's condition.