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Does Aleve Work For Cluster Headaches?
- Headaches: Cluster - Managing Cluster Headaches
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Diagnosis
Many patients report a delay of 1 - 6 years in the diagnosis of their cluster headaches. Migraine-like symptoms (light and sound sensitivity, aura, nausea, vomiting) are major reasons for the frequent misdiagnosis by primary care doctors. In some cases, patients are inappropriately treated for other types of headaches or health conditions (including having sinus surgery).
Medical and Personal History
Cluster headache is diagnosed by medical history, including the pattern of recurrent...
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From Our Experts
05/14/07 #5: Chronic cluster headaches, neurologist afraid to...
FullQuestion:I have been suffering from chronic cluster headaches for the past 20 years since I was 25. After numerous CT's and MRI tests... Read more »
Cluster Headaches, Oxygen, and Bureaucratic Stupidity
Anthony Amabile is a cluster headache sufferer from New Castle, Pennsylvania. Not too long ago, I shared with you a video he'd made of a... Read more »
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 »
Zomig Nasal Spray Found Effective for Cluster Headaches
A study to be published in the August 28 issue of Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology, reports Zomig (zolmitriptan)... Read more »
Is there anything I can do to prevent a cluster headache? Anything to...
Full Question: Is there anything I can do to prevent a cluster headache? Is there anything I can do to relieve the pain while it is... Read more »
From Our Sources
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 »
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 »
Inhaled Oxygen Shown Effective for Cluster Headaches
Cluster headaches are so painful that they've been called "suicide headaches." At this time, the only treatment that's FDA approved for the acute... Read more »
Headaches: Cluster: Medications
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
for Acute AttacksOxygen TherapyBreathing pure oxygen (by face mask, for 15 minutes or less) is one of the most effective and safest treatments for... Read more »
Headaches: Cluster: Risk Factors
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Cluster headaches are rare, affecting less than 1% of the population.Age and GenderCluster headaches can affect all ages, from children to the... Read more »
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