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Cluster Headaches
Cluster headaches are among the most painful, and least common, of all headaches. The pain can be so excruciating that they are sometimes referred to as "suicide headaches." Their signature is a pattern of periodic cycles ("clusters") of headache attacks, which may be either:
- Episodic. Attacks occur regularly for 1 week to 1 year, separated by long pain-free periods that last at least 1 month. Between 80 - 90% of patients have episodic cycles. A significant number of people who...
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05/14/07 #5: Chronic cluster headaches, neurologist afraid to...
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Treating cluster headaches without medication overuse?
Full Question: How do you treat cluster headaches without overusing medications for pain? Tink. Answer: Dear Tink; The best... Read more »
12/10/07 #7: Advances in cluster headache treatment?
Full Question:I have been suffering from cluster headaches for over thirty years. I am male, now in my mid forties. I have been happily in... Read more »
9/3/07 #4: Is it possible for a Migraineur to develop cluster...
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Headaches: Cluster: Managing Cluster Headaches
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Many patients report a delay of 1 - 6 years in the diagnosis of their cluster headaches. Migraine-like symptoms (light and sound sensitivity, aura,... Read more »
Cluster Headaches: The Basics
Cluster headaches are often said to be the most painful of all headaches. They have been described as "boring," bearing, burning," "like a hot ... Read more »
Diagnosis of Cluster Headaches
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Cluster Headache
The diagnosis of cluster headaches is considered to be strictly by the patient's clinical presentation. The description of autonomic responses... Read more »
Introduction to Cluster Headaches
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Cluster Headache
Headaches are classified as either primary or secondary. Primary headaches are those that are not caused by any disease or other medical condition.... Read more »
Cluster Headaches
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
A type of headache that predominantly affects middle-aged men. It includes episodes of severe, one-sided pain around the eye that occurs daily for... Read more »
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