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Health Encyclopedia: Headaches: Cluster Cluster Headaches

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...

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Expert & Community Posts

9/3/07 #2 - Take daughter to chiropractor for menstrual migraines?

By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...scary part is that she ALWAYS experiences them in the left temple by her eye. The pain causes... Read more »

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By Megan Oltman , Health Expert

...exhausted and could feel the beast hovering around my left temple, ready to strike. So I... Read more »

1/28/08 #8 - Can stress from loss cause a chronic daily headache or transformed Migraine?

By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...my 14 year old daughter has had pain mostly on her left temple region that is pounding and made... Read more »

My Social Security Disability Journey

By Nancy Bonk , Health Expert

...able-bodied person, the day I "won" my case due to chronic pain from my fall 12 years ago. I... Read more »

8/13/07 #10 - Sharp pains on left side of head?

By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...the past about 18 hours I have been having sharp pains on the left side of my head. It is not... Read more »

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