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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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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 »
9/10/07 #10: Successful cluster headache treatments?
Full Question:I have a brother who is going through testing for cluster headaches. Does you clinic treat anyone with this condition? If so... Read more »
05/28/07 #3: Cluster headaches, serotonin levels, "body clocks?"
Full Question: Hi, I have cluster headaches, when I am in a cluster Topamax is what saves me, along with Imitrex StatDose. I read anything... 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 »
05/21/07 #3: Is Migraine a catch all term for severe headaches?
Full Question: I have been dealing with rather bizarre and intense headaches for the last 8 years. So that you know what I am dealing... Read more »
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Quality of Life Issues for Cluster Headaches
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Cluster Headache
Chronic headache sufferers often must contend with anxiety and depression as a result of the impact on their physical, social, and psychological... Read more »
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 »
Oxygen may ease cluster headaches
According to one reader of The People's Pharmacy, the use of a breathing mask and straight oxygen for a few minutes has helped ease his "suicide... Read more »
Oxygen Therapy Can Ease Cluster Headaches
Debilitating cluster headaches--often called "suicide headaches" by sufferers--can be eased by giving patients oxygen through a mask at the first... 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 »
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