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Health Encyclopedia: Headaches: Cluster Causes
- Headaches: Cluster - Causes
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- Cluster Headaches
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- Risk Factors
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Causes
Cluster headaches, like migraines, are likely due to an interaction of abnormalities in the blood vessels and nerves that affect regions in the face.
Abnormalities in the Hypothalamus
Evidence strongly suggests that abnormalities in the hypothalamus, a complex structure located deep in the brain, may play a major role in cluster headaches. Advanced imaging techniques have shown that a specific area in the hypothalamus is asymmetrical in these patients and is activated during a cluster headac...
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Health Guide
Conservative Treatments for TMJ Disorder
...disorders. Injections: Trigger point injections are injections to address knots in muscles that cause pain. They can be done with anesthetic only, that is, without epinephrine or... Read more »Brain Tumors: Primary: Symptoms
...however, that everyone has headaches, and they rarely represent an underlying brain tumor. Headaches caused by brain tumors may vary depending on the location, and many different features.Steady... Read more »Introduction
...Regular walking is a good way to stay in shape.Exercise and IllnessExercise helps kids ward off future neck pain. A study published in the February 2006 British Journal of Sports Medicine found... Read more »Migraine Headaches Introduction
...secondary.Primary Headache. A headache is considered primary when a disease or other medical condition does not cause it.Tension headache is the most common primary headache and accounts for 90%... Read more »Headaches: Cluster: Cluster Headaches
...The word migraine, in fact, is derived from the Greek word hemikrania, meaning "half of the head" because the pain of migraine often occurs on one side. Pain also sometimes spreads to affect the... Read more »Images
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