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Remarkably, cluster headaches are non-life threatening and do not cause any other health complications, although patients often feel suicidal. Cluster headaches are often misdiagnosed as a severe migraine, but do not respond to migrane treatment. In addition, care must be taken to distinguish the condition from both chronic paroxysmal hemicrania and an ictal headache, both of which are treatable.

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  • Cluster headaches
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  • Remarkably, cluster headaches are non-life threatening and do not cause any other health complications, although patients often feel suicidal. Cluster headaches are often misdiagnosed as a severe migraine, but do not respond to migrane treatment. In addition, care must be taken to distinguish the condition from both chronic paroxysmal hemicrania and an ictal headache, both of which are treatable.
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mortalityrate
  • Low
symptom
  • Intense unbearable head pain, usually localized on one side of the head.
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Name
  • Cluster headache
Type
treatment
  • Calcium channel blockers, steroids, oxygen, triptans
Cause
  • Dilation of blood vessels that press on the trigeminal nerve
abstract
  • Remarkably, cluster headaches are non-life threatening and do not cause any other health complications, although patients often feel suicidal. Cluster headaches are often misdiagnosed as a severe migraine, but do not respond to migrane treatment. In addition, care must be taken to distinguish the condition from both chronic paroxysmal hemicrania and an ictal headache, both of which are treatable. Treatment concentrates on prophylactic measures. Both calcium channel blockers and steroids can be effective in stopping an attack. However, when attacks strike, ordinary analgesics are useless and even narcotics have a limited effect on the pain. Patient's usually respond well to 100% oxygen and certain triptans can also relieve some of the symptoms.
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