Cluster headache prevention

Cluster headache prevention refers to prophylactic therapy aimed at reducing the frequency, severity, and duration of attacks in cluster headache, a severely disabling primary headache disorder categorized among the trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias

Cluster headache prevention refers to prophylactic therapy aimed at reducing the frequency, severity, and duration of attacks in cluster headache, a severely disabling primary headache disorder categorized among the trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias The condition predominantly affects adults and involves dysfunction of the central nervous system, particularly the posterior hypothalamus, the trigeminovascular system, and parasympathetic autonomic pathways These paroxysms are accompanied by ipsila...

The condition predominantly affects adults and involves dysfunction of the central nervous system, particularly the posterior hypothalamus, the trigeminovascular system, and parasympathetic autonomic pathways

The condition predominantly affects adults and involves dysfunction of the central nervous system, particularly the posterior hypothalamus, the trigeminovascular system, and parasympathetic autonomic pathways

It is clinically characterized by excruciating, strictly unilateral pain centered in the orbital, supraorbital, or temporal regions These paroxysms are accompanied by ipsilateral cranial autonomic symptoms—such as lacrimation, conjunctival injection, ptosis, miosis, and nasal congestion—as well as marked agitation, recurring either in discrete cyclical bouts (episodic) or unremittingly without meaningful remission (chronic)

These paroxysms are accompanied by ipsilateral cranial autonomic symptoms—such as lacrimation, conjunctival injection, ptosis, miosis, and nasal congestion—as well as marked agitation, recurring either in discrete cyclical bouts (episodic) or unremittingly without meaningful remission (chronic)