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What Are Cluster Headaches?

March 23rd, 2008

When it comes to pain then probably the most painful headaches you can experience are what are known as cluster headaches. Cluster headaches are fortunately rare and are so named because attacks come in ‘clusters’ with daily headaches being experienced, often at the same time each day, for several days, weeks or even months, followed by an often lengthy headache free period before the attacks return. Cluster headaches generally last anywhere from about 45 to 90 minutes, although they can last for just a few minutes or several hours, and are most commonly experienced in the early hours of the morning, the early afternoon or about 9 o’clock in the evening. Cluster headaches are normally treated with a combination of drugs to both relieve the pain of an attack and also reduce the severity of attacks.

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