Cluster Headaches

Cluster headache is a headache syndrome wihch is much more common in ment that women. Cluster headaches usually attack together at the same time every day, and periodically during the day or night for several weeks and even up mounthly. Foolowed by headache attacks. Cluster headaches are also considered as a seasonal disease. Pain in the head as a result of cluster headaches are categorized 1 and can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. The pain is usually gathered on one side of the head only, in the area behind and around the eyes. Signs commonly found in cluster headaches is a redness, watery eyes, runny or stuffy nose on one side only.

Unclear why men are more susceptible to cluster headaches than women. Some risk factors that trigger cluster headaches are smoking and sensitivity to certain foods. But whether these factors has a different trigger on men and women for cluster headaches, it has not been proven. A history of cluster headaches in the family increases the risk of this disease, and also affect the severity.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CLUSTER HEADACHES

An attack is almost always begin abruptly and ended within 1 hour. The attack often starts with itching or runny on one side of nose, which precedes severe pain on the same side of the head and spreads to the eye area. After the attack, the eyelid on the same side can be closed and pupils are often smaller. Attack some in cluster, ranging from 2 attack / week to several attack /day. Most episodes of cluster headaches lasted for 608 weeks and sometimes longer, followed by headache-free interval for several months before the attack appeared again. At time of stop period, there will be no pain in the head for a month, and sometimes year.

Fortunately, cluster headache is rare and not life threatening. Treatment can help make the duration ofthe attack becomes shortes and fewer sick. In addition, medically prevention can help reduce headaches.

Cluster headache attack quickly, usually without warning. Signs and symptoms in particular are :

1. Terrible pain, usually located in or around the eye, but can propagate to other areas on the face, head, neck and shoulders.
2. Pain on the side.
3. Anxienty.
4. Exit excessive tear.
5. Red eye as a side effect.
6. Mucus or wet the nostrils as a side effect of the face.
7. Sweating, pale skin on the face.
8. Swelling arround the eyes as a side effect of the face.
9. The size of the smaller pupil.
10. The eyelids were withered.

Pain in cluster headache pain is often described as sharp, stabbing ar burning. People with this condition say that the pain felt like a hot poker in the eye or eyebell was knocked out. People with cluster headaches appear anxity, like speed or sit and swing back and forth to soothe the pain. Contrast with people with migraine, people with cluster headaches usually avoid lying down position because it can increase the pain. Some migraine like symptoms including nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, and the beam, wich may occur with cluster headaches.

CAUSES AND RISK FACTORS

The exact cause of cluster headaches is unknown, but abnormalities in the hypotalamus seem to play a role. Cluster attacks occur as a daily routine, and the cycle of cluster periods often follow the reasons a pattern involved in the bodys biological clock.

Other factors may also be involved is:

1. Hormones. people with cluster headaches have abnormal levels of certain hormones, such as melationin and cortisol, occurs when the cluster period.
2. Neurotransmitter. Changing levels of some chemical reactions that carries nerve impulses to the brain (neurotrensmitters), such as serotonin, may have a role in the growth of cluster headaches.

Whereas such risk factor is :

1. Man. Men are more likely than women to have cluster headaches.
2. Adults. many people with cluster headaches first appeared at the age of late 20s, although this condition can develop at any age.
3. Smoking. Most people who experience pain cluster headaches attack were smokers.
4. Drinking alcohol. Alcohol can trigger an attack if you have a risk of cluster headaches.
5. Note family. If parents or siblings have cluster headaches, you may be increased risk of cluster headache.

HOW PREVENTION

 Due cause of cluster headaches is unknown, you can not prevent the fist occurence. However, prevention strategies are cluster headaches with medication alone is not a useful acute equally. Prevention can help reduce the risk and severity of attack and the increased risk of headache. Prevention medical treatment can also increase the effectiveness of acutemedical treatment.

In addition, you can reduce the risk of attack by avoiding nicotine and alcohol, wich often accelerate cluster headaches.