Cluster Headaches – What Are They And Can You Avoid Them?
Published December 8, 2008 | 
Have you ever had a sudden and excrutiating pain behind your eye? Did you have this pain occur at the same time within days for several weeks? Then it’s most likely that you are suffering from cluster headaches. By definition a cluster headache is one of the most painful headaches around, and it is often being referred to as ‘suicide headache’.
When you have this condition, you can at least be sure that this type of headache isn’t arising from another, more serious illness, but just to be safe, if you are suffering sudden and sharp headaches at a regular basis you should contact your doctor so you can be fully examined.
This type of headache is called ‘cluster headaches’ because they occur frequently and at the same time intervals within a specific period. For example, it is possible that a person experiences a terrible headache every morning at 7 a.m. for 6 weeks. After those 6 weeks are passed he won’t feel the headache anymore, until the next period, when the headaches will start again. Most of the times the periods of the cluster headaches are season-related. The biggest part of the people suffering from cluster headaches, will have an active period during the summer of winter.
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My boyfriend gets cluster headaches when he drinks alcohol.I have spoken to him to say that I have read on many sites that drinking alcohol is a major trigger .Is this a large factor for his cluster headaches to start? I feel very helpless
to think that their is very little I can do for him.
Hi Ruthie,
The drinking of alcohol alone won’t cause cluster headaches, but if you suffer from this condition and you are in an active period, then yes, alcohol can trigger an attack when you drink it. Has he started imitrex injections? They can stop an attack within 5 minutes of starting if you get an injection soon enough.