What To Do For Cluster Headache Pain Relief
Published February 19, 2009 | 
Cluster headaches are not as common as other types of headaches. In fact, statistics show that only 69 out of 100,000 people get cluster headaches. For this reason, this type of headache is not discussed very often. Still, cluster headaches can be very painful and those who suffer from them would desperately want to look for an effective cluster headache pain relief.
Cluster Headaches And Magnesium – A Possible Treatment
Published February 17, 2009 | Until this day there isn’t an effective treatment for cluster headaches, but there are a few options you should consider for pain relief. One of those options is magnesium. Now, I hear you asking, what do cluster headaches and magnesium have to do with each other. Well, let’s find out.
Chronic Cluster Headache – How To Prevent Them And How To Stop Them
Published February 16, 2009 | If you suffer from chronic cluster headache, the good news is that they can be prevented. Generally speaking, there are induction and maintenance therapies aimed at stopping cluster headaches (prophylactic treatment) that can be started at the same time.
Cluster Headache Attack: What One Is Like
Published February 11, 2009 | Many people are just beginning to hear about the extremely painful phenomenon known as cluster headaches, but most of them have no idea what it’s like to go through a cluster headache attack. For the average person, it’s just an intellectual awareness. They tend to think that these are just like regular headaches, only a bit more painful, sort of like migraines. Unfortunately for the victims, nothing could be further from the truth.
Magnesium For Cluster Headaches
Published February 9, 2009 | There is a connection between cluster headaches and magnesium and that is why there are doctor’s that prescribe a supplement with magnesium for cluster headaches, but what is exactly the connection between the two? The most accepted response would be that there are receptor sites in the brain that magnesium will bind to. These sites are known to be very excitatory in nature and the binding with the magnesium appears to calm them down. Severe lack of magnesium in the brain has been known to cause everything from apathy to psychosis in psychiatric conditions and can even cause seizures.
Are Cluster Headaches The Same Thing As Migraines?
Published February 2, 2009 | People who suffer from cluster headaches more often than not will confuse them with a migraine. The pain of a cluster headache can be so intense that it is beyond that of a regular migraine however. Doctors do not class cluster headaches as the same thing as migraines even if some of the symptoms do overlap. There are some similarities between the two but there are also some clear differences.