Headache History from Pilot Applicant Seeking Airman Medical Certification

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Frequent or Severe Headaches
18a
(Item Number on MedXPress Medical Application)
Headache Question on MedXPress

Characterize the nature of your headaches.

  • Frequency
  • Duration
  • Characteristics
  • Severity
  • Accompanying Neurological Symptoms
  • Incapacitating or Not
  • Treatments
  • Treatment Side Effects

18.a. Frequent or severe headaches. The applicant should report frequency, duration, characteristics, severity of symptoms, neurologic manifestations, and whether they have been incapacitating, treatment and side effects, if any. (See Item 46 Neurologic).

Examples would include things like : Chronic (daily or weekly) headaches, headaches that have required medical treatment, migraine headaches, cluster headaches, or headaches associated with visual or neurological symptoms.
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