Headache History from Pilot Applicant Seeking Airman Medical Certification
Item 18a: Frequent or Severe Headaches
Apr 2014
Abbreviated Briefing:
Characterize the nature of your headaches.
- Frequency
- Duration
- Characteristics
- Severity
- Accompanying Neurological Symptoms
- Incapacitating or Not
- Treatments
- Treatment Side Effects
Guidance is compiled and interpreted by professional pilots and physicians at FlightPhysical.com from the 2014 AME Guide pages 33-34, FAA and FDA web data (www.FAA.gov & www.FDA.gov), instructions specified in the Aeronautical Information Manual, Federal Air Surgeon Bulletins from 1999-2015, and 14 CFR Part 61 and Part 67 (the FARs).
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).
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