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Health Encyclopedia: Headaches: Cluster Cluster Headaches
- Headaches: Cluster - Cluster Headaches
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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 percentage of people who e...
Expert & Community Posts
Top 75 Migraine and Headache Questions, #5
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...left) of my head, with most of the pain behind my left eye. I often get headaches, and... Read more »
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By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...side and where I really feel the pain is behind the left eye. I often get very sick to my... Read more »
10/8/07 #9 - Occipital Neuralgia?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...side and where I really feel the pain is behind the left eye. I often get very nauseous with... Read more »
7/9/07 #9 - Nearly daily headaches 10 years. Just medicate and be on my way?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...headaches. Now I have developed, I guess, a haze in my left eye. It is not always apparent and... Read more »
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