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Cluster Headaches Feeling Like Passing Out
- Headaches: Cluster - Diagnosis
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Cluster headaches usually strike suddenly and without warning, although some people have a migraine-type aura before the attack. The pain is deep, constant, boring, piercing, or burning in nature, and located in, behind, or around the eye. The pain then spreads to the forehead, jaw, upper teeth, temples, nostrils, shoulder or neck. The pain and other symptoms usually remain on one side of the head.
The pain generally reaches very severe levels within 15 minutes. Patients may feel...
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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 »
05/28/07 #3: Cluster headaches, serotonin levels, "body clocks?"
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Extensive Cluster Headache Survey: Participants Needed!
For the first time, a major in-depth and on-line survey is being conducted of U.S. cluster headache sufferers with the involvement of a... Read more »
10/15/07 #7: Can cluster headaches be dangerous?
Full Question:Cluster headaches - can they be dangerous? I don't get them very often, but when I do, I feel like death would be better. The... Read more »
Migraines or cluster headaches? Where to get help?
Full Question: My wife and I have a puzzling situation on our hands here and we really do not know where to turn. My wife has... Read more »
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Headaches: Cluster: Treatment
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Managing Cluster HeadachesManagement of cluster headaches focuses on:Acute therapy for stopping an attack while it is happeningPreventive therapy for... 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 »
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 »
Treatment Options for Cluster Headaches
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Cluster Headache
Goals of Treatment for Cluster HeadachesThe goals of treatment for cluster headache include: Control of pain in acute attacks Prevention of... Read more »
Headaches: Cluster: Cluster Headaches
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Cluster HeadachesCluster headaches are among the most painful, and least common, of all headaches. The pain can be so excruciating that they are... Read more »
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