[pinouchon]

Do you think air pollution can be a cause of headaches and do you have good sources for reading about this? Recently I have been having a constant headache after moving to Budapest. Went to the doctors, they found nothing wrong with me. I went back to Germany and France for two weeks, felt better there. Back to Budapest, felt worse again. I also tried to move to Bielsko-Biala in Poland and the headache has gotten even worse here (2 days since I'm in Poland) It seems far fetched that pollution is the cause of my headache because most people do not have headaches there, so I want to read more about it.

[mtoddsmith]

I'm pretty sure my cat allergies were giving me 3-day headaches when one of our cats that I'm most allergic to would sleep in our bed and then I'd end up with the same pillow she slept on. I kept the cat out of the bedroom and no more asthma or headaches for 3-4 months now. So perhaps allergies?

[physicles]

I don’t have any sources, just another anecdote. I live in Beijing, and one of my friends gets a headache whenever the air gets close to 200 AQI. (That’s not the case for me or most people I know though. Me, I get a days-long sore throat once a quarter unless I have an air purifier at home and at work)

Why not buy an air purifier?

[akor]

Could also be allergies. You might try and OTC allergy medication for a bit and see if it makes any difference.