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a sharp dagger-like pain in my right eye and under the brow bone . The whole thing lasts about three hours . A CT scan of my sinuses was clear .
Is this description consistent with cluster headaches ?
Cluster headaches usually present with one-sided tearing , drooping eyelid and redness in the affected eye . The typical cluster headache lasts 15 minutes to two hours and does not cross from one eye to the other . Due to the severe pain , patients prefer to stand up and walk , or rock back and forth . This contrasts with migraine , in which patients prefer to lie
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Although people with cluster headache
FEEL THE BURN do not always manifest typical textbook symptoms ,
Every afternoon like clockwork , I experience a burning sensation that begins at the right side of my and not a cluster headache . If a neurological workup
there is a possibility you may have a migraine variant
forehead and crosses to the left side . It surrounds and CT or MRI scans of the brain are negative , my eyebrows and eyelids . It ’ s not too dissimilar it may be worth considering migraine-specific medications , such as topiramate , divalproex sodium or beta to the sensation of sunburn , but the best way to describe it would be tightness in the forehead . It blockers . If you can tolerate nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories , you may want to try a trial of indomethacin can cause my eyelids to burn and swell , and exacerbate my dry-eye problem . At times , I experience as well . George R . Nissan , DO , co-director , Diamond Headache Clinic , Chicago
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