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Cluster headache is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent severe headaches on one side of the head, typically around the eye(s). [1] There is often accompanying eye watering, nasal congestion, or swelling around the eye on the affected side. [1] These symptoms typically last 15 minutes to 3 hours. [2]
The typical form results in episodes of severe, sudden, shock-like pain in one side of the face that lasts for seconds to a few minutes. [1] Groups of these episodes can occur over a few hours. [ 1 ] The atypical form results in a constant burning pain that is less severe. [ 1 ]
ATN pain can be described as heavy, aching, stabbing, and burning. Some patients have a constant migraine-like headache. Others may experience intense pain in one or in all three trigeminal nerve branches, affecting teeth, ears, sinuses, cheeks, forehead, upper and lower jaws, behind the eyes, and scalp.
A tale as old as time (or as old as the Internet): You feel any sort of pain in your body and head straight to the internet hoping for a definitive diagnosis and don’t get one.
The main difference between SUNCT and SUNA is the clinical presentation of the secondary autonomic symptoms. In SUNCT, both conjunctival injection (red eyes) and lacrimation on the same side of the headache should be present. In SUNA, one or both of these two symptoms are absent, and other autonomic symptoms may be present instead.
“The body aches related to an infection such as pharyngitis (sore throat) or flu are related to the immune system’s response to the infection,” says Stephen Parodi, M.D., infectious disease ...
Contact lenses and certain medications can also cause dry eye, she says, adding: “If you think you are experiencing dry eye, talk to your ophthalmologist about the best treatment options for you.”
Ocular neuropathic pain, also called corneal neuralgia, is a spectrum of disorders of ocular pain which are caused by damage or disease affecting the nerves.Ocular neuropathic pain is frequently associated with damaged or dysfunctional corneal nerves, [1] but the condition can also be caused by peripheral or centralized sensitization. [2]