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If you suffer from cluster headache, you should swing over to the Organization for Understanding Cluster Headaches for your free Medical Alert Card.  I just love what OUCH has done, making a card available in pdf […]

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You knew that PFO, a congenital (present at birth) heart defect was related to migraine, but did you know it was related to clusters as well?  The heart defect known as Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is an opening between the left and right atria of the heart.  1 in 5 people may have this defect. […]

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How are headaches related to sleep apnoea (apnea)?  Recently someone asked me about the relationship between sleep apnea and migraine, something that I had never looked into in depth.
Of course, it’s well known that there’s a solid relationship between cluster and sleep apnoea.  Some studies show that 80% of cluster patients may also suffer sleep […]

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Cluster headaches are extremely painful.  They come all at once, stay for a period of time, and then may disappear for months.  But the interesting thing about clusters is that, even during a time when you’re getting them, you can still make them better or worse.  Many of the same rules apply for clusters that […]

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You knew that you can have migraine and yet no pain.  But did you know that you can have cluster "headaches" without pain too?  That was the news from Neurology, in a report from Neurologist Dr Rolf Salvensen in August 2000.  The report follows a man who experienced other symptoms of clusters - a stuffed […]

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