Cluster headache Rx: Cluster headaches sometimes improve by inhaling enriched oxygen for several minutes. No other headache responds like this! Presumably, the oxygen changes the blood flow to vessels behind the eye, relieving a sort of neuro-vascular tension. Since oxygen is not available everywhere, some patients discover this in the emergency room. Cluster headaches are also responsive to triptan medication, so
Answered 5/19/2016
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See a specialist: Management of a cluster headache can be abortive or prophylactic. Sometimes, both methods are indicated in the same patient. An effective abortive treatment uses oxygen or sumatriptan or DHE. The treatment of choice for the prevention of both episodic and chronic cluster headache is verapamil.
Answered 11/30/2014
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See below:: Unlike migraine and tension headache, cluster headache generally isn't associated with triggers, such as foods, hormonal changes or stress. But once a cluster period begins, consumption of any alcohol can quickly trigger a splitting headache. The exact cause of cluster headaches is unknown, but abnormalities in the hypothalamus likely play a role.
Answered 9/29/2016
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Cluster: Here is a good description of cluster headache: http://www.Nlm.Nih.Gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000786.Htm.
Answered 9/29/2016
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