Cluster Headache (Horton's syndrome)

Cluster Headache

Cluster headaches are a kind of very bad headache. The pain is very strong and comes on all of a sudden. It can start by the eye or side of the head and stays on one side. It lasts for 15 minutes up to 3 hours. Your eye may get watery. Your eyelid may swell or droop. You may also start sweating and have a congested or runny nose. You may feel very restless and frustrated during an attack. Some people pace, rock, or bang their head because of the severe pain. These headache attacks happen in groups or clusters. This means you may have 1 to 8 a day for a few weeks or months. Then, you may have a time where you have no headaches at all. Cluster headaches can be treated by drugs. They can also be treated and prevented by changing the way you live. Learning about what triggers the headaches can help prevent them.

Help with pain,Help stop the headaches before they start

Stroke,Nerve injury,Paralysis,Cluster headaches continue

Signs of stroke: Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination Sudden severe headache with no known cause,Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body,Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding,Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes,Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination,Sudden severe headache with no known cause,Sudden, severe headache that is the worst pain of your life,Headaches that are not getting better, bother your sleep, happen every time you are active, happen with other signs

Central Nervous System,Emergency Medicine,Mental Health,Therapy (Occupational, Physical, Speech, etc)

Alarm Clock Headache,Cephalgia,Chronic Cluster Headache,Chronic Daily Headache,Episodic Cluster Headache,Headache, Cluster,Histamine Headache,Horton's Headache,Migrainous Neuralgia,Red Migraine,Sphenopalatine Neuralgia,Suicide Headache

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