Cluster headache
@article{Nesbitt2012ClusterH, title={Cluster headache}, author={Alexander David Nesbitt and Peter J. Goadsby}, journal={BMJ : British Medical Journal}, year={2012}, volume={344} }
Few, if any, medical disorders are more painful than cluster headache. Previously termed migrainous neuralgia, it was last reviewed in the BMJ nearly 50 years ago. At that time, the authors stressed the importance of covering the topic in a general medical journal to aid recognition. Despite this remarkably prescient view, and the extreme and stereotyped nature of its presentation, cluster headache is still commonly misdiagnosed. Without a clear diagnosis, affected patients can wait many years…
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Cluster headache: pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment
- MedicineJournal of Neurology
- 2018
The main focus of therapy is to abort attacks once they have begun and to prevent future attacks, and alternative interventions in patients with CH who have not experienced any meaningful benefit from preventive drugs are well defined.
Cluster headache: When to worry? Two case reports
- Medicine, PsychologyCephalalgia : an international journal of headache
- 2017
The importance of clinical modifications of CH that could suggest clinical investigations should be performed or repeated to exclude a secondary pathology in a previously diagnosed cluster headache is highlighted.
Headache disorders: differentiating and managing the common subtypes
- MedicineBritish journal of pain
- 2012
The current pathway of headache care in the UK is discussed with a view to proposing a model that might fit well in the financially constrained National Health Service (NHS) and with new NHS reforms.
Cluster Headache in Kuwait: A Hospital-Based Study
- Medicine, PsychologyFront. Neurol.
- 2019
There is higher proportion of males compared to females and less positive family history in cluster headache patients referred to Headache Clinic in Kuwait, and smoking was a significant risk factor for chronicity in addition to advanced age, higher age at disease onset and a longer time taken till diagnosis.
Managing cluster headache
- Medicine, PsychologyPractical Neurology
- 2019
This article aims to guide general neurologists to an accurate diagnosis and practical management options for cluster headache patients.
Chronic persistent Horner’s syndrome in trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia subtypes and alleviation with treatment: two case reports
- Medicine, PsychologyJournal of Medical Case Reports
- 2019
A chronic fixed partial or full Horner’s syndrome can occur in trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia subtypes, but it can also be reversed in patients with treatment even after months to years of duration.
Genetics of Cluster Headache and Other Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias
- Medicine, PsychologyCluster Headache and other Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias
- 2019
Current knowledge of the genetics of cluster headache and other TACs are presented and factors potentially explaining why genetic studies were less successful than in migraine are discussed.
Clinical features of cluster headache without cranial autonomic symptoms: results from a prospective multicentre study
- Medicine, PsychologyScientific reports
- 2021
Among participants with PCH, headache intensity was less severe in participants without CAS than in those with CAS, and some clinical features of CH and PCH differed based on the presence of CAS.
Cluster Headache: Clinical Characteristics and Opportunities to Enhance Quality of Life
- Psychology, MedicineCurrent Pain and Headache Reports
- 2021
Greater understanding of the debilitating nature of cluster headache and behavioral interventions that seek to reduce the burden of the disease and improve the quality of life of people with cluster headache is paramount.
Can Psychedelics Alleviate Symptoms of Cluster Headache and Accompanying Mental Health Problems? A Case Report Involving Hawaiian Baby Woodrose
- Psychology, MedicineJournal of psychoactive drugs
- 2020
Preliminary evidence supports the efficacy of psychedelics in the alleviation of cluster headache and mental health problems and the first case report to concurrently examine the analgesic and psycho-spiritual effects of Hawaiian baby woodrose is described.
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