Beginning in 1997, Goadsby's team began using functional imaging to compare the brains of cluster -
headache sufferers with those of normal patients.
Not exact matches
According to the first recorded description of such a
headache, dating from the 1700s, the
sufferer felt «as if his eye was slowly being forced out of its orbit
with so much pain that he nearly went mad.»
At least one study suggests that in cluster
headache sufferers this hypothalamus - adjoining region may differ not only in its electrical activity but also in its interactions
with other parts of the brain.
Compared
with unaffected men, the cluster
headache sufferers did have unusual hypothalamic connections.
As a neurologist and migraine
sufferer, I know statistics don't mean anything when a
headache takes over our lives and causes lost time at work or
with our loved ones.
People
with allergy symptoms are 30 % more likely to get migraines — and their
headaches may be more frequent and intense than those experienced by migraine
sufferers without the sniffles.
Histamine Intolerance is a little - known condition that causes its
sufferers misery,
with symptoms including
headaches, flushing and hives.
Now, to be fair, the ultimate conclusion of this meta - analysis states that more research is needed, «particularly comparing acupuncture
with other treatment options», in order to fully assess the magnitude of benefit that acupuncture can bring to
headache sufferers.
Chronic migraine
sufferers experience severe
headaches 15 or more days each month
with headaches lasting four hours a day or longer.
Erin was a long - time
sufferer from migraine
headaches and eventually got fed up
with the impact it was having on her life and started to seek solutions other than symptom management.