Symptoms By Mayo Clinic Staff A cluster headache strikes quickly, usually without warning. Common signs and symptoms include: Excruciating pain, generally located in or around one eye, but may radiate to other areas of your face, head, neck and shoulders One-sided pain Restlessness Excessive tearing Redness in your eye on the affected side Stuffy or runny nasal passage in your nostril on the affected side of your face Sweaty, pale skin (pallor) on your face Swelling around your eye on the affected side of your face Drooping eyelid The pain of a cluster headache is often described as sharp, penetrating or burning. People with this condition say that the pain feels like a hot poker being stuck in the eye or that the eye is being pushed out of its socket. People with cluster headache appear restless. They may pace or sit through the attack. In contrast to people with migraine, people with cluster headache usually avoid lying down during an attack because this position seems to increase the pain. Some migraine-like symptoms — including nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, and aura — may occur with a cluster headache, though usually on one side.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 02:54:24 +0000
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