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Editor-In-Chief: Robert G. Schwartz, M.D. [1], Piedmont Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, P.A.; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Risk Factors

• Brain tumors
• Brain infection
• Intracranial hypertension
• Anxiety
• Arthritis in neck or spine
• Degenerative bone or disk disease in the neck or spine
• Depression
• Temporomandibular joint disorders
• Drugs, such as nitrates
• Alcohol
• Environmental changes, such as changes in barometric pressure and altitude, inclement weather, or high winds.