Understanding Cluster Headache | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2019年4月8日—Thetermclusterheadachecomesfromthefactthattheseattacksoccuringroups,or“clusters.”Duringaclustercycle,brief,excruciatinglysevere ...

Cluster headache is a primary headache disorder and the most common of the group of headache disorders called trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias. The term cluster headache comes from the fact that these attacks occur in groups, or “clusters.” During a cluster cycle, brief, excruciatingly severe headache attacks recur between 1-8 times per day. Cluster cycles can last for weeks or months and are usually separated by remission periods, or periods of headache freedom, which usually last months or years. People who experience chronic cluster headache have no remission periods, or the remissions last less than a month at a time.

Cluster headache is often said to be the most painful of all headaches; it has been described as “boring,” “burning” and “like a hot poker in the eye.”

“Cluster pain is described as being at least 10/10 in s...