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Cluster headache.. Also known as suicidal
headache...
Severe unbearable headache at frontal temporal and
finally focus on perorbital region..
None of oral treatmnts work for him.. Just name it
!!
This guy responded well to sphenopalatine RF
injection...
Alhamdulillah
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Risk factors for cluster headaches include:
- Genetics:
If a close family member has cluster headaches, there is a higher chance of
having them.
- Sex:
Around 6o percent of people who have these headaches are male.
- Age: Most
cluster headaches start after the age of 20 years.
- Ethnic
ancestry: Cluster headaches are twice as common among people of African
ancestry.We are lucky we are Malaysian
- Smoking:
Most men with cluster headaches are smokers.
- Alcohol
consumption: Alcohol appears to be a key trigger during a cluster period, but
not during remission.
