cluster headache
Cyclical eye pain
A cluster headache is an extremely severe headache occurring in repeated episodes over weeks or months, typically affecting one side of the head near the eye.
The pain is often described as stabbing or burning, with attacks lasting fifteen minutes to three hours.
He gets cluster headaches every spring.
The condition is distinct from migraines.
One-sided head pain
- paroxysmalOccurring in sudden attacks
- chronicPersisting over time
- episodicOccurring in distinct segments
- boutLimited stretch of something
cycle · circadian rhythm · triggers · diagnosis · differential diagnosis
Penetrating or very sharp
- stabbingWounding with a blade
- unilateralAffecting one side only
- orbitalRevolving around another
- periorbitalAround the eye socket
temporal · restlessness · agitation · pacing · ptosis · miosis · lacrimation · rhinorrhea
Administered breathing gas treatment
- sumatriptanMigraine-stopping prescription medication
- verapamilCalcium channel blocking agent
- prednisoneSynthetic corticosteroid medication
- lithiumLightest solid element
melatonin · deep brain stimulation · indomethacin · neurologist
Self-regulating bodily control network
- hypothalamusSubthalamic regulatory brain region
- neurovascularOf nerves and blood vessels
- neuropeptidesSmall neural signaling proteins
- neuroimagingVisualizing nervous system structure
hemicrania
One-sided head pain
- paroxysmalOccurring in sudden attacks
- chronicPersisting over time
- episodicOccurring in distinct segments
bout · cycle · circadian rhythm · triggers · diagnosis · differential diagnosis
piercing
Penetrating or very sharp
- stabbingWounding with a blade
- unilateralAffecting one side only
- orbitalRevolving around another
periorbital · temporal · restlessness · agitation · pacing · ptosis · miosis · lacrimation · rhinorrhea · nasal congestion
oxygen therapy
Administered breathing gas treatment
- sumatriptanMigraine-stopping prescription medication
- verapamilCalcium channel blocking agent
- prednisoneSynthetic corticosteroid medication
lithium · melatonin · deep brain stimulation · indomethacin · neurologist
autonomic nervous system
Self-regulating bodily control network
- hypothalamusSubthalamic regulatory brain region
- neurovascularOf nerves and blood vessels
- neuropeptidesSmall neural signaling proteins
- body painaches, pain, pang, throb, soreness
- flare-upsflare-up, exacerbation, relapse, outbreak, episode
- Head and Neck Ailmentsneck pain, sore throat, earache, tonsillitis, sinusitis
- head conditionsbrain tumor, brain injury, brain cancer, concussion, migraine
- Headachesmigraine, migraine with aura, chronic migraine, ocular migraine, brain freeze
- pain conditionschronic pain, myalgia, fibromyalgia, arthritis, neuralgia
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