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 Is This a Cluster Headache? |
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Unlike a migraine the severe pain of cluster headaches is its defining and most dramatic feature. This pain
comes on without warning unlike a migraine and may begin as a burning sensation on the side of your cheek and nose or deep in your eye. The pain peaks in
only a few minutes.
Cluster headaches are recurrent, severe headaches that occur in "clusters" during periods of time called cluster periods or episodes. These headaches, which
are said to be more painful than migraine headaches , cause major stabbing pain in and around the eye and often the head and temple. The pain, which usually
lasts between 15 and 180 minutes, may spread to the face and upper neck. Sufferers describe the feeling as having something sharp driven through your eye.
Terms such as "excruciating," “blinding“ "explosive," and "deep." This intense stabbing pain carries with it a rapid shock like sensation, which may last
for a few seconds, and a deeper pain that continues for a half-hour or longer. The pain almost always begins in your eye and always on one side of your
face. Interestingly, for most people the pain stays on the same side of the face from cluster headache to cluster headache, while in a small minority the
pain switches to the opposite side during the next episode. |
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An interesting tendency cluster headaches have, is to lean towards
seasonal variations. Most attacks occur in January and July, where the days are in turn the shortest and longest. Persons suffering from cluster headaches
report 60% mores headaches during these months.
Cluster headaches differ from migraine headaches in that they are more common in men than women. They can go into a period of “remission” from which they
may or may not return. They come on suddenly with out warning and respond much slower to typical pain medications. Also where a migraine will show little or
no visible physical reaction, cluster headaches may cause the nose to run, tearing and redness in the eye as well as a droopy eye lid.
Cluster headache symptoms do have some similarities to migraine symptoms. Both types of headache are difficult to trace the cause, and almost impossible to
predict due to their irregularity and inconsistency. A number of experts think that cluster headaches as well as migraine headaches have one thing in
common. That the pain begins in the trigeminal nerve, a nerve that carries sensations from the head to the brain and that ends in the blood vessels that
surround the brain. Other experts link cluster headaches to the hypothalamus, an area of the brain. Either explanation would account for the periodic nature
of the headache.
Current medical treatments for people with cluster headaches are typically drug therapies. These treatments may be classified as abortive or preventive.
Most sufferers are disappointed in the leading medications prescribed and report little or no permanent improvement or lessening of incidents. Cluster
headache relief is difficult to find as limited research has been focused on finding cluster headache treatments that offer true improved health.
In some cases a person may not have had cluster headaches until an event such as a car accident where injury has been sustained to the neck. Whiplash in
these cases is often a culprit though 85% of whiplash patients recover from these headaches in a short time. Also note worthy is that some persons report
that they began suffering chronic headaches after a stress event or major hormonal changes. Interesting too, is that many sufferers have noted that the
onslaught of cluster headaches coincided with a start in depression, insomnia and anxiety.
Unlike migraine and tension headaches, cluster headache generally isn't associated with triggers such as hormonal, dietary or stress. Some people with
cluster headaches are heavy drinkers and cigarette smokers. If it is found to be the cause many people with cluster headaches stay completely away from
alcohol during a cluster period.
The beginning of a cluster period often follows times when normal sleep patterns are disrupted, such as when on vacation or when beginning new job shifts.
Some people with cluster headache also suffer with sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing is disrupted repeatedly during the night. Cluster headaches
cinch their connection to sleep, in the sense that they also occur often just after the sufferer has fallen to sleep waking them with stunning pain. |
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| In all, the medical field has struggled to handle the problems
associated with cluster headaches and the menacing pain they entail. Living with the pain and suffering is debilitating, leaving sufferers only to hope for
a better treatment. Natural relief is safe and has shown good results for many men and women who have lived with chronic pain and have decided to take
responsibility for their health and bettering their lives every single day. |
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