AirPods causing head pressure?

As any competent attorney will send anyone with a claim like this to a doctor before doing anything else might as well cut out the middleman.

I had issues from the 3rd day so again shows it varies with different people. Tested it on the 4th, 5th and on the 6th day, returned them. All those symptoms are gone now since i returned them.

I have been having back of head headaches and slight nausea since beginning to use the airpods, i thought it was unrelated to airpods but see many others have similar symptoms. @apple - whats the story here? The product idea is great but have these been sufficiently tested?

I had debilitating chronic tension headaches for 20+ years before talking to a doctor. My doctor suggested using one pillow instead of two and spending less continuous time looking at a screen. Amazingly, these two small changes eliminated the headaches - from every other day, to once a month. Tension headaches can be caused by keeping your head at a certain angle for too long, and it's possible that the switch to AirPods from EarPods slightly changed your head angle, creating muscle tension near your forehead.

SherifMoharram wrote:

AirPods use class 1 Bluetooth which is the highest in the 3 classes in terms if microwave radiations. Class 1 bluetooth has a range of 25 - 100 meters which emits tiny microwave radiation to send/transmit data from your iPhone to the AirPods therefore it's constantly emitting microwaves to keep transmitting info from and to your device with the maximum efficiency.

Yes, that's true. But probably also not relevant. There is no good science that implicates BT with headaches.

Please provide a source that verifies that Airpods are class 1 devices. Most speculation is Class 1 or class 2. I sincerely doubt they are Class 1, as the battery is 93 mwh, and Class 1 is 100 mw. So the battery would last far less than 1 hour (you can't fully discharge a Lithium battery without killing it), but the claimed and measured life is 5 hours. Which makes it more likely that the power output is around 15 to 20 mw. This lies between Class 1 and Class 2. In practice I find the range is about 20 meters, which is more than Class 2 range, but far less than class 1.

But, as IdrisSeabright says, it is irrelevant. You hold a cell phone to your ear, and it can transmit up to 500 mw.

Mathies83 wrote:

I suspect my headache from the AirPods to come from the magnets in them. I have some old mercury fillings in my cheek teeth, which I suspect is reacting with the magnets in the AirPods.

Huh? The only metal that reacts with magnets is ferrous metal (i.e. iron containing).

And don't let anyone scam you into having all the metal fillings in your teeth replaced. It's expensive, damaging to your teeth and can introduce bacteria into your blood stream (any dental work can) unnecessarily. Those fillings are not doing anything bad to you.

Amy, I totally agree with you. I started using air pods since August 2017. I enjoy the experience completely. But later started feeling some headaches only while using it. I am someone who never gets headache so easily. In fact, for last two weeks, I started testing this out. The pattern has been very consistent. I get headache only when I listen to air pods. While I write this, I got my headache a while ago as I used air pods for one hour now and took them off. And that's why googled for the first time to see if I am not alone. And found all interesting posts around web regarding this.

Seriously, I feel this has to be addressed by Apple. I see some counter comments here from some people. I really pity them. They write as if we hate Apple. Come on. I use almost all Apple devices at home. And never complained about them for years. And this is my first comment in Apple community. I made this comment because I really feel the AirPods require proper testing on health hazards.

Trust People.

Sathianarayanan wrote:

What I wrote is not to argue. It is purely and truly what I experienced and want to share that.

Go see your doctor. And, while you're in the waiting room, look up "Confirmation bias" and "correlation causation fallacy".

Sathianarayanan wrote:

I am not saying these are not tested.

Yes, you did. You said they need to be tested, which implies that they were not tested.

I don't know if this is even happening because of Bluetooth radiation.

Bluetooth is not radiation, it is radio waves, but of a very low power, much less than the phone you hold up to your ear to take phone calls.

I am afraid if these pair of AirPods will cause health issues for users which we really don't know.

Don't tell me the testings are done and I have to blindly believe that AirPods are not causing headache. This is the point I can't agree at all. I love to use new technology gadgets. Despite having this issue, I am still trying my best to use the AirPods.

If you are experiencing issues when using the AirPods, then I suggest very strongly that you discontinue their use. Only you have the ability to determine where your problem is by seeing a physician. If you are being truthful that continued use is causing your discomfort, your only hurting yourself. Put them away and see a doctor. Just because you and some others are experiencing a problem does not mean the devices were not tested. There are people that are sensitive to things despite testing. These are not the norm however. Your general statements about testing and Apple are how these stories continue. Get a definitive answer before making assumptions. Even your own experience showed that out of 3 people using the devices, two experienced no problems whatsoever.

I got my EarPods a week ago, i used them on sunday for the first time to go weightlifting. everything was good, i was trying to surpass my PR in bench press, after that while doing cable extension an un incredible pain came to my head, the occipital part. It has repeated through the days, so i went lifting with my AirPods today, pain came back. so i went home changed my headphones for bose sport (...) (my regular working out headphones). No pain was acquired i ws able to workout. Not as usual because of the pain produced before. I will probably keep my AirPods, i just won't recommend them for lifting weights. Running seems to be ok!

Same here, been wearing them for hours mostly in my right ear. Then I started having headaches and pressure on the right side behind the ear and neck finally made a dentist appointment thought it might be a bad tooth but coincidentally didn’t use the air pods today most of the day and felt fine but when I put one in my left ear boom, got a headache on the left and that’s when I realized it’s the air pods. Strange thing is why it only started bothering me recently when I’ve had them about a year?

I don't get a headache, but I do get a feeling of nausea - even if I just leave them in with no audio playing (sometimes I leave them in after a phone conversation). I've decided to shelve them for now.

The AirPods go to sleep after a short period of inactivity and they aren't emitting anything. If you are still nauseated then it is fit and something wrong with your ears that is the problem. You need to see an ENT.

Same on me !! Right after few minutes use, pain on head left side much more then right side !! Its not big pain but mild pain which made me to return and get my money back from apple !! In my opinion it's Bluetooth signal which transfer the data ( sound ) from phone to earpods and as EarPods is right close to my brain, i heard is not good for health and some how after long time use it cause like tumor or cancer ! This is the low frequenc Same as microwave i guess !!