This article about treatment for cluster headaches is appealing for those interested about this topic is written by Judy Wellsworth

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If you suffer from Cluster Headaches then you may know that there is more than one kind of cluster type headaches. There are many different medications for the treatment of cluster headaches but there has not been found that “miracle” drug that rids them completely. Cluster Headaches are not common and terribly painful.

Types of Cluster Headaches

• Histamine Headache

• Red Migraine

• Horton’s Headache

• Cephalalgia

• Sphenopalatine Neuralgia

These cluster headaches can last as long as weeks or even months. Rare in nature but it is possible to suffer from a Migraine as well as a Cluster Headache. Many patients complain that they get these headaches as many as four times a day. These are sometimes also referred to as Suicide Headaches or Alarm Clock Headaches.

Cluster Headache Symptoms include;

• One-Sided Pain nearly always

• Pain stays on one side.

• Pain may start of other side when new cluster headache starts.

• Localized pain, behind eye or in eye area, forehead, temple, nose, cheek or gums of affected side.

• Pupil may contract or eyelid becomes swollen or droops.

• Nostril of affected side may become congested

• Nasal discharge or watering of eye on the side of pain.

• Face may become flush

• Excessive Sweating

Unlike the Migraine, Cluster Headache suffers often say there is not sensitivity to light. The pain is said to be a piecing or burning type of pain. The scalp is sometimes tender and many patients are not able to sit still during an episode. Sometimes there are as much as months or maybe even years in between cluster headaches and found in some patients to occur more in the Spring and Autumn and many times are confused with allergies.

Treatments Options for Cluster Headaches

Although there are some options out there for treatment not all of them may work. Oxygen has been found to relieve the pain in as little as only 5 minutes. Here are some of the medications that you may want to talk to your doctor about.

• Oxygen Treatment

• Corticosteriods

• Calcium Channel Blocking Agent such as Verapamil

• Antiepileptic drugs

• Those who do not respond to the medications may opt for surgery.

• Ergotamine agents

• Intranasal applications such as Lidocaine

• Sumatriptan (Imitrex)

If you suffer from Cluster Headaches and have had no luck in finding a treatment that works for you, you are not alone. Check with your doctor on a different treatment option. Although in pain, try to stay calm and if needed go to your Emergency Department at your local hospital. Try to see if there are any triggers that may bring on a cluster headache, such as stress, anger and try to keep notes on what you are feeling before a headache comes on. This may help the doctors find a remedy that may work for you.

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