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== Overview ==
==Overview==
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 with some lasting days (rarely more than three days). The headaches are typically [[wiktionary:unilateral|unilateral]] and rarely change sides during the same cycle (see episodic). Cluster headaches have a characteristic circadian periodicity and usually present with autonomic symptoms.  
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 with some lasting days (rarely more than three days). The headaches are typically [[wiktionary:unilateral|unilateral]] and rarely change sides during the same cycle (see episodic). Cluster headaches have a characteristic circadian periodicity and usually present with autonomic symptoms.  


== History and symptoms ==
==History and symptoms==
Symptoms of [[cluster headache]] may include:


===Pain===
*Piercing eye pain.<ref>{{cite web | author=Charlotte E. Grayson and The Cleveland Clinic Neuroscience Center | title=Cluster Headaches  |url=http://www.webmd.com/content/article/46/1826_50688.htm | date=October 2004 | publisher=WebMD | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Brian D. Loftus | title=Cluster Headache and Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania Overview | url=http://www.loftusmd.com/Articles/Cluster/clusteroverview.html | date=2005 |accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref><ref>Goldstein, Michael. "Cluster Headache". New Atlantean Press. 1999.</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Arne May, Anish Bahra, Christian Büchel, Richard S J Frackowiak, Peter J Goadsby; University Department of Clinical Neurology (May, Bahra, Goadsby), and Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology (Büchel, Frackowiak), Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London UK | title=Hypothalamic activation in cluster headache attacks  |url=http://www.ouch-us.org/chgeneral/hypothalamus/hypothalamus2.htm | date=1998 July 25;352(9124):275-8 | publisher=The Lancet }}</ref><ref name="pmid7888747">{{cite journal |vauthors=Drummond PD |title=Sweating and vascular responses in the face: normal regulation and dysfunction in migraine, cluster headache and harlequin syndrome |journal=Clin. Auton. Res. |volume=4 |issue=5 |pages=273–85 |date=October 1994 |pmid=7888747 |doi=10.1007/BF01827433 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid16686902">{{cite journal |vauthors=Drummond PD |title=Mechanisms of autonomic disturbance in the face during and between attacks of cluster headache |journal=Cephalalgia |volume=26 |issue=6 |pages=633–41 |date=June 2006 |pmid=16686902 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-2982.2006.01106.x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid2245469">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ekbom K |title=Evaluation of clinical criteria for cluster headache with special reference to the classification of the International Headache Society |journal=Cephalalgia |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=195–7 |date=August 1990 |pmid=2245469 |doi=10.1046/j.1468-2982.1990.1004195.x |url=}}</ref>


* Persons who have experienced both cluster headaches and other painful conditions ([[childbirth]], [[migraines]]) report that the pain of cluster headaches is far worse, significantly more severe than a migraine.<ref>{{cite web | author=Charlotte E. Grayson and The Cleveland Clinic Neuroscience Center | title=Cluster Headaches  |url=http://www.webmd.com/content/article/46/1826_50688.htm | date=October 2004 | publisher=WebMD | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref>
*[[Horner's syndrome]]:<ref>{{cite web | author=Graff JM, Lee AG | title=Horner's Syndrome (due to Cluster Headache): 46 y.o. man presenting with headache and ptosis. | url=http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/eyeforum/cases/case22.htm | work=Ophthalmology Grand Rounds | date=February 21, 2005 |publisher=The University of Iowa | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref>  
* The pain has been described as akin to having an ice pick piercing the eye slowly but in a constant manner.
**[[Ptosis (eyelid)|Ptosis]]
* Acid being poured in the head through a hole in the ear may be a better description.<ref>{{cite web |author=Brian D. Loftus | title=Cluster Headache and Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania Overview | url=http://www.loftusmd.com/Articles/Cluster/clusteroverview.html | date=2005 |accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref> A hot poker inserted in the eye, although gruesome, may well be the best description.<ref>Goldstein, Michael. "Cluster Headache". New Atlantean Press. 1999.</ref>
**Conjunctival injection
* It has been described in medical journals as one of the most severe pain syndromes suffered by human beings.<ref>{{cite web | author=Arne May, Anish Bahra, Christian Büchel, Richard S J Frackowiak, Peter J Goadsby; University Department of Clinical Neurology (May, Bahra, Goadsby), and Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology (Büchel, Frackowiak), Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London UK | title=Hypothalamic activation in cluster headache attacks  |url=http://www.ouch-us.org/chgeneral/hypothalamus/hypothalamus2.htm | date=1998 July 25;352(9124):275-8 | publisher=The Lancet }}</ref>
**[[Lacrimation]]  
 
**[[Miosis]]  
===Other Symptoms===
**Eyelid [[edema]]
A person experiencing a cluster headache may find problems sitting still and may pace or even become severely agitated.
**[[Nasal congestion]]
Cluster headaches are frequently associated with
**[[Rhinorrhea]]  
 
**[[Sweating]] on the affected side of the face.
* [[Horner's syndrome]]:<ref>{{cite web | author=Graff JM, Lee AG | title=Horner's Syndrome (due to Cluster Headache): 46 y.o. man presenting with headache and ptosis. | url=http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/eyeforum/cases/case22.htm | work=Ophthalmology Grand Rounds | date=February 21, 2005 |publisher=The University of Iowa | accessdate=2006-09-22}}</ref> [[Ptosis (eyelid)|ptosis]] (drooping eyelids), conjunctival injection (which results in red, watery eyes), [[lacrimation]] (tearing), [[miosis]] (constricted pupil), eyelid [[edema]], [[nasal congestion]], [[rhinorrhea]] (runny nose), and [[sweating]] on the affected side of the face.
*[[Neck pain]] or stiffness
* The neck is often stiff or tender in association with cluster headaches afterwards, and jaw and teeth pain are sometimes reported.
*[[Jaw pain|Jaw]] and teeth pain (occassionally)
* [[Photophobia]] (sensitivity to light) is more typical of a [[migraine]], as is vomiting, but both can be present in some sufferers of cluster headache, although rare.
*[[Photophobia]] (rare)
 
===Cyclical Recurrence and Regular Timing===
 
* Cluster headaches are occasionally referred to as "alarm clock headaches", because of the regularity of its timing and its ability to wake a person from sleep.
* Thus it has been known to strike at the same time each night or at a certain period after falling asleep, or at precisely the same time during the day a week later.
 
====Episodic or Chronic====
 
* In episodic cluster headache, these attacks occur once or more daily, often at the same times each day, for a period of several weeks, followed by a headache-free period lasting weeks, months, or years. 
* Chronic headaches involve multiple headaches every day for years.


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Overview

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 with some lasting days (rarely more than three days). The headaches are typically unilateral and rarely change sides during the same cycle (see episodic). Cluster headaches have a characteristic circadian periodicity and usually present with autonomic symptoms.

History and symptoms

Symptoms of cluster headache may include:

References

  1. Charlotte E. Grayson and The Cleveland Clinic Neuroscience Center (October 2004). "Cluster Headaches". WebMD. Retrieved 2006-09-22.
  2. Brian D. Loftus (2005). "Cluster Headache and Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania Overview". Retrieved 2006-09-22.
  3. Goldstein, Michael. "Cluster Headache". New Atlantean Press. 1999.
  4. Arne May, Anish Bahra, Christian Büchel, Richard S J Frackowiak, Peter J Goadsby; University Department of Clinical Neurology (May, Bahra, Goadsby), and Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology (Büchel, Frackowiak), Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London UK (1998 July 25;352(9124):275-8). "Hypothalamic activation in cluster headache attacks". The Lancet. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. Drummond PD (October 1994). "Sweating and vascular responses in the face: normal regulation and dysfunction in migraine, cluster headache and harlequin syndrome". Clin. Auton. Res. 4 (5): 273–85. doi:10.1007/BF01827433. PMID 7888747.
  6. Drummond PD (June 2006). "Mechanisms of autonomic disturbance in the face during and between attacks of cluster headache". Cephalalgia. 26 (6): 633–41. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2982.2006.01106.x. PMID 16686902.
  7. Ekbom K (August 1990). "Evaluation of clinical criteria for cluster headache with special reference to the classification of the International Headache Society". Cephalalgia. 10 (4): 195–7. doi:10.1046/j.1468-2982.1990.1004195.x. PMID 2245469.
  8. Graff JM, Lee AG (February 21, 2005). "Horner's Syndrome (due to Cluster Headache): 46 y.o. man presenting with headache and ptosis". Ophthalmology Grand Rounds. The University of Iowa. Retrieved 2006-09-22.

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