Cluster Headache: A Rare but Severely Painful Primary Headache Disorder
Cluster headaches are one of the most severe types of headaches known. Often referred to as "suicide headaches", cluster headaches can strike with brutal intensity, leaving patients in unbearable agony. What are cluster headaches? Cluster headaches are a rare type of primary headache disorder characterized by extremely painful headaches that typically occur in clusters, with periods of remission in between. They are called "cluster" headaches because the episodes of headaches, known as cluster periods, occur in clusters or episodes with periods of remission in between. During a cluster period the headaches tend to occur frequently, often peaking at one per day. These periods usually last for weeks or months at a time, followed by periods of remission that may last for months or years with no headaches occurring at all. Symptoms of cluster headaches - Excruciating pain - Cluster headaches are described as some of the most painful headaches known. The pain is us...