The 'Suicide' Headache

Published: Thu, 7 May 2009

Description: Doctors say there is hope for patients who suffer from the nagging pain of cluster headaches

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" I'll wake up from a sound sleep. -- excruciating. Headache. It feels as if somebody's. Literally putting an ice pick come through my head --"

" Two year old Billy cancer isn't suffering from migraine tension and he gets something much worse. Often called the suicide headache Billy was diagnosed with cluster headaches more than three years ago it's very dramatic. On the side of the pain the island troops the -- becomes bright red the pupil gets smaller. The ice starts to -- and control bully on that side and the nostrils on the side of the pain starts either run uncontrollably -- get stuff. This condition is caused by an abnormality deep within the brain. In a section called hyper -- patients often get these monster addicts and cycles."

" And they come once a year usually a comment right they've run this cycle. 81012 weeks. Every day get them. And then they go away every now and then they have skipped the --"

" These headaches stop for months at a time but -- an attack. Doctor Newman says there are effective treatments prescribed medications injections and nasal sprays help relieve the pain."

" Yes -- course. Of the pain. But you take the medication and then it goes away and 1012 minutes."

" But when those don't work there is another option. Trial showing that you can put its emulator army on one of the nerves on the optical nerve. And in people who have for factory had expected to decrease -- headache frequency also doctor Newman also says that studies using deep brain stimulation. Are currently being conducted in Europe as a possible alternative treatment I'm dr. Manny Fox News. "

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