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| | Cluster headache - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Cluster headaches are rare, extremely painful headaches that occur in groups or clusters. | | | Medically, cluster headaches are considered benign, but because of the extreme and often debilitating pain associated with them, a severe attack is nevertheless treated as a medical emergency by doctors who are familiar with the condition. | | | 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]. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_headache
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| | National Headache Foundation: Cluster Headache |
| | Sumatriptan (Imitrexý), a 5 HT agonist, is indicated for the abortive therapy of cluster headaches. | | | Cluster headaches are not associated with the gastrointestinal disturbances or sensitivity to light that is found in migraine. | | | Cluster headaches may also be known as histamine headache, red migraine, Hortonýs headache, and cephalalgia or sphenopalatine neuralgia. |
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http://www.headaches.org/consumer/topicsheets/clusterheadache.html
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Cluster headaches |
| | Cluster headaches are a fairly common form of chronic, recurrent headache. | | | Cluster headaches affect one side of the head (unilateral) and may be associated with tearing of the eyes and nasal congestion. | | | A cluster headache begins as a severe, sudden headache. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000786.htm
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| | Cluster Headache - Preventive Medications |
| | With episodic cluster headache, we utilize medication only when the headaches begin, as it is not worthwhile to keep patients on medication all year for intermittent headaches. | | | However, in treating chronic clusters, this is not as much of a concern as it is with episodic cluster headaches. | | | Most patients with cluster headache require daily prophylactic medication because the headaches are extremely severe and difficult to abort. |
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http://www.headachedrugs.com/archives/preventivemeds.html
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| | From the Cleveland Clinic: Cluster Headaches |
| | Cluster headaches are one of the most severe types of headache. | | | However, the headaches occur when a nerve pathway in the base of the brain (the trigeminal-autonomic reflex pathway) is activated. | | | Cluster headaches are the least common type of headaches, affecting less than 1 in 1,000 people. |
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| | Headache |
| | Daily headache may occur as a chronic tension-type headache, but is often a combination of tension-type and migraine (as often seen in headache clinics). | | | For practical clinical purposes, however, all headaches can be classified as one of the primary headache syndromes or as a headache that is caused by or secondary to an underlying disease process or condition. | | | Both migraine and cluster headaches are thought to initially begin in the brain as a neurologic dysfunction, with subsequent involvement of the trigeminal nerve and cranial vessels. |
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http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/diseasemanagement/neurology/headache/headache.htm
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| | Cluster headache |
| | Cluster headache is one of the most painful types of headache. | | | Cluster headache can be frightening to the person affected by it and to his or her family and friends. | | | The intense pain of a cluster headache is centered behind or around the eye, an area that's served by the trigeminal nerve, a major pathway for pain. |
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http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00487.html
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| | Cluster Headache |
| | For many years, cluster headache was called by a variety of names, such as migrainous neuralgia, histaminic headache, red migraine, and Horton’s headache. | | | The Diamond Headache Clinic has extensive experience in treating intractable cluster headache patients. | | | However, the headache that most frequently brings a patient to consult a physician is migraine. |
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http://www.diamondheadache.com/article_archives/cluster_headache.html
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| | Cluster Headache |
| | Cluster headaches are very painful one-sided headaches that tend to occur in clusters of several headaches in a short period of time, after which there may be no headaches for weeks or months. | | | Oxygen therapy has been found to be useful in treating cluster headaches. | | | Cluster headaches that continue for more than one year without remission, or with remissions lasting less than 14 days, are considered to be chronic and are very difficult to treat. |
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http://www.kroger.com/hn/Concern/Cluster_Headache.htm
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| | Cluster Headache and Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania Treatment and Prevention |
| | Cluster headaches and migraines are sometimes referred to as vascular headaches. | | | These headaches are called cluster because the patient will experience a "cluster" or series of headaches for some period of time and they will then disappear for several months before they recur. | | | These headache types are migraine, tension, cluster and chronic paroxysmal hemicrania, and miscellaneous. |
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http://www.loftusmd.com/Articles/Cluster/clusteroverview.html
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| | Cluster headache |
| | Cluster headaches are characterized by an intense one-sided pain centered by the eye or temple. | | | Surgery is a last resort for chronic cluster headaches that fail to respond to therapy. | | | Treatment for cluster headaches is composed of induction, maintenance, and symptomatic therapies. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/cluster_headache.jsp
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| | Cluster Headache and other Headache Types & Causes - Michigan Head Pain And Neurological Institute |
| | Cluster headache is a periodic (30-90 minute) attack of severe pain, primarily localized to the eye, temple, forehead, or cheek region. | | | The neurological examination of cluster headache is normal, except for changes during the headache that might include eyelid drooping, pupillary change, etc. There are no specific diagnostic tests for cluster headache, although provocation with alcohol is considered a key and reliable feature. | | | It is now recognized that a chronic form of cluster headache exists in which recurring attacks, without interim, occur for years at a time. |
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http://www.mhni.com/faqs_cluster.html
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| | Cluster Headache FAQs |
| | Cluster headache is an uncommon condition characterized by short-lived attacks of sudden, severe pain around one of the eyes. | | | Chronic headaches are classified as those that are chronic from the start and those that develop from episodic headaches. | | | Chronic cluster headaches are defined as those that occur for more than 1 year without remission (intervals in which headaches do not occur) or with remissions lasting less than 2 weeks. |
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http://www.emedicinehealth.com/cluster_headache_faqs/article_em.htm
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| | CLUSTER HEADACHE TREATMENT & RELIEF |
| | Cluster headache is not a common headache disorder, and like most pain problems it is difficult to objectively measure the degree of suffering. | | | At the Diamond Headache Clinic, this therapeutic modality is reserved for those chronic cluster headache patients refractory to all previous treatment options. | | | However, for those chronic cluster headaches patients unresponsive to standard forms of therapy, the use of intravenous histamine desensitization may offer a viable alternative. |
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http://thinktwice.com/clusters.htm
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| | Cluster headache |
| | The pains come in clusters, that is in periods of time when the patient suffers pain, whereas else he doesn't have a headache at all. | | | Cluster headache is a synonym to erythroprosopalgia and Bing-Horton's neuralgia (although it is of no neuralgic origin). | | | A rare form of chronic unilateral temporal headache similar to chronic cluster headache but occurring mostly with females is probably of spondylogetic origin. |
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Ulrich_Oswald/cluster.htm
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| | Cluster Headache |
| | Cluster headache is far less common than migraine headache or tension headache. | | | Cluster headaches begin far more dramatically, however, and remain quite unique in their course over time. | | | The pain of a cluster headache peaks in about 5 minutes and may last for an hour. |
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| | Cluster Headaches -- familydoctor.org |
| | A cluster headache is a rare type of headache that is more common in men. | | | Although cluster headaches are very painful, with the right treatment most people cope very well. | | | Cluster headaches typically occur at the same time each day for several weeks, until the "cluster period" is over. |
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| | Cluster headache definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | Although the mechanisms underlying cluster headache and migraine may have a degree of commonality, cluster headache looks to be different and distinct as a disease from migraine. | | | For example, propranolol is effective for migraine but not cluster headache while lithium benefits cluster headache syndrome but not migraine. | | | Cluster headache: A distinctive syndrome of headaches, also known as migrainous neuralgia. |
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| | eMedicine - Headache, Cluster : Article by Lori Sargeant, MD |
| | Background: Cluster headache, also known as histamine headache, is a form of neurovascular headache. | | | The 2 existing forms of cluster headache are (1) episodic clusters with attack phases lasting 4-16 weeks followed by a cluster-free interval of 6 months to years, and (2) chronic form, in which the cluster-free interval is less than 1 week in a 12-month period. | | | Civamide and capsaicin: When applied to the nasal mucosa of patients with cluster headaches, a clinically significant decrease occurred in the number and severity of cluster headaches. |
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| | Cluster Headache |
| | The headaches are typically sudden and severe, and may be accompanied by watery eyes or a runny nose. | | | There is no cure for cluster headaches, but there are ways to help relieve the pain. | | | Cluster headaches cause pain on one side of the head, behind or around one eye. |
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| | Cluster Headache |
| | Cluster headache is a type of severe, recurring pain that is located on one side of the head. | | | People under age 50 who have episodic cluster headaches seem to benefit most from oxygen therapy. | | | Some patients' headaches do not last long enough for drugs to be beneficial. |
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| | Headache |
| | headache Tickling clitoridectomy breathalyze the headache downscale prairie orchid with eolithic | | | The injectable form is also used to relieve cluster headache attacks. | | | Imitrex is not to be used for other types of headaches. |
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| | Cluster Headache Help 2006- Home |
| | Cluster headache is an uncommon ailment affecting only about 0.1 - 0.3% of the population. | | | Recent research into cluster headache has provided help in preventing and easing the severe pain for many, yet CH sufferers often remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years. | | | Reprinted articles about cluster headache research formerly shown on the home page have been relocated to the Reprinted Articles page. |
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| | Advanced Cluster Headache Relief |
| | The Relaxica is designed to take away cluster headaches, reduce stress, and soothe away the strain on the neck and shoulders. | | | He originally constructed the little cluster headache relieving device out of house wiring and super glue. | | | He uses the Relaxica every few hours and just before bed or when he can feel his muscle tension or any hints of a cluster headache or headache. |
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| | Report: DMT, Not Like any Other Experience |
| | There are a number of Medications prescribed to treat individual headaches, these medications are not too effective because of the rapidity of the cluster headache onset. | | | During my 2001 headache cycle I was feeling like nobody would EVER believe how much time i was spending huddled in a bathroom, closet or garage - waiting out the pain, and dreading the next attack, I had the idea of making a chart to track the daily time and intensity of my cluster headaches. | | | of the mushroom treatment for cluster headaches in many dozens of patients. |
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http://www.miqel.com/clusterheadaches/clusterheadaches.html
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| | Cluster Headaches Worldwide Support Group |
| | There are a few other sites out there dealing with Cluster Headaches, but no real place to "interact" with other Cluster sufferers. | | | There are a few message boards where you can read posts dealing with Cluster Headaches, but sorting through all the migraine, tension, and other headache posts to find the few about Clusters is enough to bring on a headache! | | | Finally...a place where you can talk to someone about how horrible your headaches are and know that they really do understand your pain. |
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http://www.clusterheadaches.com
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| | Cluster Headache |
| | Cluster headache variant: (Medina and Diamond) multiple jabs with background vascular headache without headache free interval. | | | Cluster Headache (a form of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalagias) | | | Verapamil 240 - 480 mg, may take 2-3 weeks to work |
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http://www.neuroland.com/ha/cluster.htm
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| | Cluster Headache |
| | MAGNUM is also concerned with ALL headache disorders as well as pain public health issues. | | | The headache may alternate sides between cluster periods or rarely within the same period. | | | Some patients may have three types of pain attacks: trigeminal neuralgia-like, cluster-like, and neuralgic pain immediately followed by a cluster-like headache. |
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