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2. Cluster headache - Wikipedia

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   Cluster headaches may occasionally be referred to as "alarm clock headache" because of the regularity of their recurrence. Cluster headaches often awaken individuals from sleep. Both individual attacks and the cluster grouping can have a metronomic regularity; attacks typically strike at a precise time of day each morning or night.

3. Ablative brain surgery - Wikipedia

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   Cluster headache is one of the most painful types of headache. [12] Bouts of frequent cluster headaches may last from weeks to months. [13] Attempts have been made to treat cluster headaches via ablation of the trigeminal nerve, but have not been very effective. Other surgical treatments for cluster headaches are currently under investigation. [14]

4. Trigeminal autonomic cephalgia - Wikipedia

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   Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia (TAC) refers to a group of primary headaches that occurs with pain on one side of the head in the trigeminal nerve area and symptoms in autonomic systems on the same side, such as eye watering and redness or drooping eyelids. [1] [2]

5. Headache - Wikipedia

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   Abortive therapy for cluster headaches includes subcutaneous sumatriptan (injected under the skin) and triptan nasal sprays. High flow oxygen therapy also helps with relief. [11] For people with extended periods of cluster headaches, preventive therapy can be necessary. Verapamil is recommended as first line treatment. Lithium can also be useful.

6. NIH classification of headaches - Wikipedia

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   After migraine, the most common type of vascular headache is the "toxic" headache produced by fever. Other kinds of vascular headaches include cluster headaches , which are very severe recurrent short lasting headaches, often located through or around either eye and often wake the patients up at the same time every night.

7. Vagus nerve stimulation - Wikipedia

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   Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a medical treatment that involves delivering electrical impulses to the vagus nerve. It is used as an add-on treatment for certain types of intractable epilepsy, cluster headaches, treatment-resistant depression and stroke rehabilitation.