cluster headaches
Excruciating orbital pain
Cluster headaches are severe headaches that occur in cyclical patterns or clusters, typically striking one side of the head around the eye.
The pain is intense and piercing, often described as worse than migraines.
Episodes last from fifteen minutes to three hours and may recur multiple times daily for weeks or months, then disappear for extended periods.
He dreaded the onset of another cluster headache cycle.
- trigeminalThree-branched facial nerve
- painfulCausing hurt or ache
- shadowsDark areas from blocked light
- autonomicSelf-regulating without awareness
- sumatriptanMigraine-stopping prescription medication
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- pain conditionschronic pain, myalgia, fibromyalgia, arthritis, neuralgia
- neurologybrain, neuron, neurons, synapse, synapses
- Brain Disordersdementia, Alzheimer's, epilepsy, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's disease
cluster headachespain-free
Without physical discomfort
remission · relief · comfort · pain relief · headache relief
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