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Symptoms Of A Cluster Headache
Health Encyclopedia: Cluster Headaches
Histamine headache; Headache - histamine; Migrainous neuralgia; Headache - cluster
Treatment
Treatment does not cure cluster headaches. The goal of treatment is to relieve symptoms. Spontaneous remission may occur, or treatment may be required to prevent headaches.
Smoking, alcohol use, specific foods, and other factors that seem to trigger cluster headaches should be avoided.
A headache diary may be helpful to identify such triggers. Wh...
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Expert & Community Posts
Top 75 Migraine and Headache Questions, #52
By Ask the Clinician , Health ExpertFull Question:Are Migraines and Cluster Headaches one and the same? I have had odd and severe... Read more »
9/3/07 #4 - Is it possible for a Migraineur to develop cluster headaches?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...entirely possible to have both Migraine disease and cluster headaches. It's statistically... Read more »
05/21/07 #3 - Is Migraine a catch all term for severe headaches?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...management. She diagnosed me has having: Atypical Cluster Headaches with Ocular Migraines. ... Read more »
Zomig Nasal Spray Found Effective for Cluster Headaches
By Teri Robert , Health Expert...Nasal Spray to be effective for rapid treatment of cluster headaches. In a double-blind trial,... Read more »
Cluster Headaches - the Basics
By Teri Robert , Health ExpertCluster headaches are often said to be the most painful of all headaches. They have been... Read more »
Health Guide
Cluster Headaches
Cluster headaches are often said to be the most painful of all headaches. They have been described as "boring," bearing, burning," "like a hot poker in the eye," and as "suicide headaches." The... Read more »Hemicrania Continua
...that allows hemicrania continua and its exacerbations to be differentiated from Migraine attacks and cluster headaches is that hemicrania continua is completely responsive to indomethacin.... Read more »Paroxymsal Hemicrania: The Basics
In the simplest of terms, paroxysmal hemicrania (PH) is a rare form of headache that usually begins in adulthood. Characteristics of the pain of PH severe throbbing claw-like, or boring usually... Read more »Headaches: Cluster: Cluster Headaches
...noseForehead and facial sweatingRestlessness and agitationNausea and vomitingIntolerance to light and soundThe symptoms of a cluster headache include stabbing severe pain behind or above one eye... Read more »Zomig Nasal Spray Found Effective for Cluster Headaches
...Academy of Neurology, reports Zomig (zolmitriptan) Nasal Spray to be effective for rapid treatment of cluster headaches. “This is a significant finding and the main endpoint of our study.... Read more »Images
Learn the role that the trigeminal nerve plays in causing cluster headaches in this diagram... Read more »
Medications
...(vascular headaches such as migraine headaches and cluster headaches). Ergotamine helps... Read more »
...(vascular headaches such as migraine headaches and cluster headaches). Ergotamine helps... Read more »
Sumatriptan is used to treat migraines and cluster headaches. It helps to relieve pain and... Read more »
Related News
Oxygen Provides Headache Relief
September 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- For the millions of people who suffer from severe headaches, relief may be in the air. A review of nine studies involving 201... Read summary »
Blocking trigger points may ease cluster headaches
February 03, 2009A new study has found people who have cluster headaches may suffer from excessive sensitivity and that using a local anesthetic to block certain... Read summary »
Seasonal changes can trigger cluster headaches
October 03, 2008One doctor who specializes in headaches says cluster headaches are sometimes mistaken for sinus problems. Just as sinus headaches tend to happen at... Read summary »
Studies: Zomig effective against cluster headaches
September 11, 2008Researchers have found that Zomig (zolmitriptan) nasal spray appears to give fast, effective relief to people who suffer from cluster headaches. In... Read summary »
Migraine nasal spray Zomig could relieve cluster headaches
October 02, 2008Zomig, a drug used to treat migraine headaches, may also provide relief for people who suffer from painful cluster headaches. Cluster headaches cause... Read summary »
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