What is a cluster headache? And how common is it??

Symptoms are usually said to be pain on only one side of the head, now is there a cure for it?

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Cluster headache sufferers typically experience very severe headaches of a piercing quality near one eye or temple that last for fifteen minutes to three hours. The headaches are usually unilateral and occasionally change sides.

Cluster headaches are frequently associated with drooping eyelids, conjunctival injection (which results in red, watery eyes), tearing, constricted pupil, eyelid edema, nasal congestion, runny nose, and sweating on the affected side of the face. The neck is often stiff or tender in association with cluster headaches afterwards, and jaw and teeth pain are sometimes reported.

The location and type of pain has sometimes been compared to a "brain-freeze" headache casued from rapidly drinking or eating something very cold, also known as an "Ice Cream Headache,"; this analogy is limited, but may offer some insight into the cluster headache experience. Persons who have experienced both cluster headaches and other painful conditions (childbirth, migraines) report that the pain of cluster headaches is far worse, sometimes 100 times more severe than a migraine [1]. One analogy is that of a burning ice pick being repeatedly stabbed through the eye into the brain. It has been reported as the most severe pain known to medical science, worse than amputation without anesthetics.

Some have reported partial relief from narcotic pain killers, but the frequency of their use in a cluster cycle (1–8 or more times a day) often disqualifies them from use and they are mostly ineffective due to the intensity of the pain involved in cluster attacks. Anecdotal evidence indicates that cluster headaches can be so excruciating that even morphine does little to ease the pain. However, some newer medications like fentanyl have shown promise in early studies and use.

Medications to treat cluster headaches are classified as either abortives or prophylactics (preventatives). In addition, short-term transitional medications (such as steroids) may be used while prophylactic treatment is instituted and adjusted.

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cluster headaches are headaches more common in men than in women and is usually behind one eye, but not both. they supposedly hurt very badly. you may have bloodshot eyes on the affected side, a runny nose on the affected side of the nose, restlessness, and you may also be very frightened as the level of pain and the intensity may cause alot of alarm for the person with the headache and their family. they usually last about 45 minutes, and can be relieved by avoiding alcohol as alcohol can sometimes trigger a cluster headache, lessening your stress level, ensuring that you maintain a solid sleep pattern (if you typically do not nap during the day, taking a nap may cause a cluster headache), and oddly enough, relaxation after a stressful time may also cause them to occur.

there are many treatments available, usually you will get 2 medicines: one to prevent the headaches from happening (you take this drug regularly during a cluste rperiod to build up the amont of drug in the blood, reducing the chance of headache occurring - these drugs are usually ergot drugs or methysergide maleate, both of which have some serious side effects) and another pain reliver to ease the pain of the headache when it starts, such as a lortab or percocet or stronger. sometimes your doc may prescribe these medications as an inhaler, rectal suppository, or injection because taking the pills by mouth can work too slowly to relieve the pain.

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