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Cluster headache classification
Introduction
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Classification
Classification
International Headache Society’s classification of cluster headache:[1]
- Headache is associated with at least one of the following signs that have to be present on the pain side:
- Miosis
- Eyelid edema
- Conjunctival injection (red eyes with lacrimation)
- Rhinorrhea
- Forehead and facial sweating
- Nasal congestion
- Ptosis
- Lacrimation
- Severe unilateral, orbital, supraorbital and/or temporal pain lasting 15 to 180 min if untreated
- Frequency of attacks: from one every other day to eight in a day
- At least five attacks fulfilling number 2 and 3
References
References
- ↑ Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society. Classification and diagnostic criteria for headache disorders, cranial neuralgias and facial pain. Cephalalgia 1988; 8 (Suppl 7):1–96
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