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Mri Or Ct Scan 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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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 »
9/3/07 #4: Is it possible for a Migraineur to develop cluster...
Full Question:I am a 34-year-old male diagnosed with Migraines at the age of 20. I get migraines pretty infrequently, every 1.5 to 2 years... 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 »
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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 »
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 »
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 »
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