Symptoms of Cluster headache

List of symptoms of Cluster headache:

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Cluster headache includes the 28 symptoms listed below:

• Headache
• Excruciating headache - usually over one eye and on the forehead.
• One-sided headache
• Pain around one eye and shooting to the top of the head
• Eye pain - cluster headaches may begin as pain around an eye
• Stuffed nose
• Runny nose
• Droopy eyelid
• Red eye
• Tearing eye
• Runny nose
• Mild fever
• Sweatiness
• Restlessness
• Nausea
• Sudden and severe headache
• Headaches starting at the same time each day
• Severe headache
• Thick temporal arteries
• Prominent temporal arteries
• Pulseless temporal arteries
• Anorexia
• Insomnia
• Weight loss
• Mild fever
• Temporal swelling
• Temporal tenderness
• Increased number of white blood cells in blood

Note that Cluster headache symptoms usually refers to various symptoms known to a patient, but the phrase Cluster headache signs may refer to those signs only noticable by a doctor.

More ways to research these symptoms: To research other symptoms use the symptom center, or to research causes of more than one symptom in combination, try our multi-symptom search.

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Cluster headache?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Cluster headache includes:

• Sinusitis
• Dental pain
• Migraine
• Temporal arteritis
• Tension headache

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More about symptoms of Cluster headache:

More information about symptoms of Cluster headache and related conditions:

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Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Anorexia - see all causes of Anorexia
• Droopy eyelid - see all causes of Droopy eyelid
• Excruciating headache - see all causes of Headache
• Eye pain - see all causes of Eye pain
• Headache - see all causes of Headache
• Increased number of white blood cells in blood - see all causes of Increased number of white blood cells in blood
• Insomnia - see all causes of Insomnia
• Mild fever - see all causes of Mild fever
• Mild fever - see all causes of Mild fever
• Nausea - see all causes of Nausea
• One-sided headache - see all causes of Headache
• Red eye - see all causes of Red eye
• Restlessness - see all causes of Restlessness
• Runny nose - see all causes of Runny nose
• Runny nose - see all causes of Runny nose
• Severe headache - see all causes of Severe headache
• Stuffed nose - see all causes of Stuffed nose
• Sudden and severe headache - see all causes of Headache
• Sweatiness - see all causes of Sweating
• Tearing eye - see all causes of Watery eye
• Weight loss - see all causes of Weight loss

Medical Books Online about Cluster headache

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Symptoms of Cluster headache: Online Medical Books

16 MEDICAL BOOKS ONLINE! Review the full text of medical books online, free, without registration, for more information about the symptoms of Cluster headache.

Encephalitis: Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Sudden onset of fever, headache, vomiting, meningeal irritation (stiff neck and back), drowsiness, coma, paralysis, seizures, ataxia, psychoses

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Headache: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Initially, migraine headaches usually produce unilateral, pulsating pain, which later becomes more generalized. They’re commonly preceded by a scintillating scotoma, hemianopsia, unilateral paresthesia, or speech disorders. The patient may experience irritability, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and photophobia. (See Clinical features of migraine headaches.)

Both muscle contraction and traction-inflammatory vascular headaches produce a dull, persistent ache, tender spots on the head and neck, and a feeling of tightness around the head, with a characteristic “hatband” distribution. The pain is usually severe and unrelenting. If caused by intracranial bleeding, these headaches may result in neurologic deficits, such as paresthesia and muscle weakness; narcotics may fail to relieve pain in these cases. If caused by a tumor, pain is most severe when the patient awakens.

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West Nile encephalitis: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Mild infections of the virus are more common and include fever, headache, and body aches, usually accompanied by a skin rash and swollen lymph glands. Severe infections can be manifested by headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, occasional convulsions, paralysis and, rarely, death.

The incubation period for West Nile encephalitis is anywhere from 5 to 15 days after exposure. Most patients who are bitten by an infected mosquito won’t develop symptoms. It's estimated that only 1 in 300 people who are bitten by an infected mosquito will actually get sick.

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Encephalitis: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

All viral forms of encephalitis have similar clinical features, although certain differences do occur.

Usually, the acute illness begins with sudden onset of fever, headache, and vomiting and progresses to include signs and symptoms of meningeal irritation (stiff neck and back) and neuronal damage (drowsiness, coma, paralysis, seizures, ataxia, and organic psychoses). After the acute phase of the illness, coma may persist for days or weeks.

The severity of arbovirus encephalitis may range from subclinical to rapidly fatal necrotizing disease. Herpes encephalitis also produces signs and symptoms that vary from subclinical to acute and commonly fatal fulminating disease. Associated effects include disturbances of taste or smell.

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Headache: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Migraine headaches and muscle contraction headaches have different signs and symptoms.

Migraine headache

Initially, a migraine headache usually produces unilateral, pulsating pain that later becomes more generalized. The headache is commonly preceded by a scintillating scotoma, hemianopsia, unilateral paresthesia, or speech disorders. The patient may experience irritability, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and photophobia. (See Clinical features of headache, page 364.)

Muscle contraction headache

A muscle contraction headache produces a dull, persistent ache; tender spots on the head and neck; and a feeling of tightness around the head, with a characteristic “hatband” distribution. The pain is usually severe and unrelenting.

If caused by intracranial bleeding, the muscle contraction headache may result in neurologic deficits, such as paresthesia and muscle weakness; narcotics fail to relieve the pain in these cases. If the headache is caused by a tumor, pain is most severe when the patient awakens.

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West Nile encephalitis: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Mild WNV infections are more common than severe infections and include symptoms such as fever, headache, and body aches, often accompanied by swollen lymph glands and a skin rash. Severe infections present with symptoms such as headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, occasional convulsions, paralysis and, rarely, death.

The incubation period for West Nile encephalitis is 5 to 15 days after exposure.

CLINICAL TIP: Researchers estimate that only 1 in 300 people who are bitten by a mosquito infected with WNV actually develops the disease.

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Article Excerpts About Symptoms of Cluster headache:

Cluster headaches, named for their repeated occurrence over weeks or months at roughly the same time of day or night in clusters, begin as a minor pain around one eye, eventually spreading to that side of the face. The pain quickly intensifies, compelling the victim to pace the floor or rock in a chair. "You can't lie down, you're fidgety," explains a cluster patient. "The pain is unbearable." Other symptoms include a stuffed and runny nose and a droopy eyelid over a red and tearing eye. (Source: excerpt from Headache - Hope Through Research: NINDS)

Cluster headache as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Cluster headache, it is also important to consider Cluster headache as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Cluster headache may cause:

• Amaurosis fugax
• Blepharoptosis
• Diplopia, binocular
• ESR raised
• Eye pain
• Facial pain
• Headache
• Horner's syndrome
• Hyperlacrimation
• Ocular ischemic syndrome
• Optic nerve disorder
• Pyrexia of unknown origin
• Rhinorrhoea
• Thrombocytosis
• Tonic pupil
• Vascular headache
• Vasculitis

Medical articles and books on symptoms:

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About signs and symptoms of Cluster headache:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Cluster headache. This signs and symptoms information for Cluster headache has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Cluster headache signs or Cluster headache symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Cluster headache may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Cluster headache symptoms.