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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. SUNA attacks ...
Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with cranial autonomic symptoms (SUNA) Long-lasting autonomic symptoms with hemicrania (LASH) TACs can be differentiated by the length and frequency of recurrence of the headaches. [3]
[1] [2] Patients observe these symptoms and seek medical advice from healthcare professionals. Because most people are not diagnostically trained or knowledgeable, they typically describe their symptoms in layman's terms, rather than using specific medical terminology. This list is not exhaustive.
However, women may have longer and more severe cluster headaches. [11] The onset of an attack is rapid and typically without an aura. Preliminary sensations of pain in the general area of attack, referred to as "shadows", may signal an imminent cluster headache, or these symptoms may linger after an attack has passed, or between attacks. [12]
Retrospective surveys indicated that paroxysmal hemicrania was more common in women. [1] [2] However, subsequent prospective research showed an equal prevalence between females and males, with a ratio close to 1:1. [3] Unlike in migraine, it has no neurological symptoms associated with it.
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis; Other names: Allergic alveolitis, bagpipe lung, extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) High magnification photomicrograph of a lung biopsy taken showing chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (), showing mild thickening of the walls of the small air sacs by invasion of white blood cells.
Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head, an upset stomach, and, for some people, disturbed vision. It is more common in women. While vascular changes are evident during a migraine, the cause of the headache is neurological, not vascular.
Signs and symptoms are also applied to physiological states outside the context of disease, as for example when referring to the signs and symptoms of pregnancy, or the symptoms of dehydration. Sometimes a disease may be present without showing any signs or symptoms when it is known as being asymptomatic . [ 13 ]