What is Cluster Headache?
"They often wake me in the middle of the night, a couple of hours after I’ve gone to bed. They build up in a matter of seconds and the pain is just excruciating. It’s only in my right eye, like a red hot poker. I don’t know where to put myself. I have to do something to distract from the pain. Sometimes I pace up and down the room holding my head, or just sit in the chair and rock."
Cluster Headache describes attacks of severe one-sided pain in the head. Each attack develops suddenly, usually without any warning. The headaches occur in groups, or “clusters” of 1-8 attacks daily, generally occurring at the same times and most often with the first one waking sufferers within an hour or so of falling asleep.
There are effective treatments available and we are happy to see any patients who may have Cluster Headache.
Watch our videos on Cluster Headache
What is a Cluster Headache
The Headache that nearly killed me
Above videos courtesy of new-you.tv. (Many thanks)
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Further reading
If you want to read more about Cluster Headache you can read our fact sheet by clicking on this link: Cluster headache fact sheet
You can also read an article about behaviour during cluster headache by our specialist Dr JN Blau.
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of Lancet article
Behaviour during a cluster headache. Blau J.N.
Lancet 1993; 342: 723-725.
This article has been reprinted with permission from
Elsevier Science
(The Lancet Vol 342 September 18, 1993 723-725)
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