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Cluster Headache

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Definition: A primary headache disorder that is characterized by severe, strictly unilateral PAIN which is orbital, supraorbital, temporal or in any combination of these sites, lasting 15-180 min. occurring 1 to 8 times a day. The attacks are associated with one or more of the following, all of which are ipsilateral: conjunctival injection, lacrimation, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, facial SWEATING, eyelid EDEMA, and miosis. (International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd ed. Cephalalgia 2004: suppl 1)      Other names Neuralgic Migraine; Horton Syndrome; Histamine Cephalgia; Headache, Cluster; Ciliary Neuralgia; Cluster Headaches; Ciliary Neuralgias; Chronic Cluster Headaches; Cephalgias, Histamine; Cephalgia, Histamine; Atypical Cluster Headaches; Horton's Syndrome; Episodic Cluster Headache; Cluster Headache Syndrome; Chronic Cluster Headache; Atypical Cluster Headache; Syndromes, Cluster Headache; Syndrome, Horton's; Syndrome, Horton; Syndrome, Cluster Headache

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