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Health Encyclopedia: Headaches: Cluster Diagnosis
- Headaches: Cluster - Diagnosis
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- Introduction
- Cluster Headaches
- Causes
- Prognosis
- Risk Factors
Diagnosis
In two surveys, patients reported a delay of 1 - 6 years in the diagnosis of their headaches. In one of the surveys, migraine-like symptoms (light and sound sensitivity and nausea) were major reasons for the frequent misdiagnosis by family doctors. About a third of the patients sought help from dentists and another third from ear-nose-throat specialists. In most cases, patients were inappropriately treated for other types of headaches (including having sinus surgery).
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Medications
...(NSAID), specifically a COX-2 inhibitor, which relieves pain and swelling (inflammation). It is... Read more »
...combination medication is used to treat mild to moderate pain. Propoxyphene is a narcotic pain... Read more »
...medication is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Oxycodone is a narcotic pain reliever... Read more »
...medication is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Oxycodone is a narcotic pain reliever... Read more »
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