You don’t have to shrug off your headaches anymore, especially if they’re the ones that don't last long, like a chronic cluster headache attack. Don’t let these episodes make you set aside precious moments.
Gramercy Pain Center offers integrated treatment for this episodic cluster headache and other types of head pain. With our board-certified pain management specialists, we offer a wealth of solutions in trying to ease your head pain.
Many headache patients have ignored and endured their sudden and painful headaches for far too long. Some of them had mistaken it for only headaches due to stress, allergies, or migraine headache, but if it happens quite frequently, even if not that long, and involves facial pain, it might be a cluster headache attack.
Gramercy Pain Center strives to provide relief for headache patients from their sudden bouts of headaches to help them have a better quality of life. Aside from prescribing pain medications, we also provide other healthcare services according to our integrated treatment plans.
If you experience a short but severe headache in cyclical patterns, that must be a chronic cluster headache attack. It’s a painful type of chronic headache involving pain around an eye at the side of the head, enough to wake you up in the middle of the night.
| Speed | Abrupt severe pain with the peak being felt after 45 minutes of onset |
| Pain | Severe pain usually on one side of the head in every episode Burning, piercing, throbbing, or constant pain May spread on the forehead, nose, temple, cheek, or upper gum Scalp feels tender with sensitivity to blood pulsing in the head |
| Duration | May last for 15 minutes to 3 hours |
| Routine | Regular headaches happening usually at the same time every day Related to the circadian rhythm |
| Frequency | Regular headaches for 2 weeks to 3 months, with 2 weeks in between where a patient experience no headache |
Gramercy Pain Center offers treatment options tailor-fit for every patient who has undergone clinical trials. Our care isn’t confined to providing medications only–we also provide directions for lifestyle changes, exercise routines, and other cluster headache treatment options.
There are many types of headaches, but there are some symptoms that are unique to cluster headache attacks. Here are these symptoms:
Headache patients with a habit of smoking or drinking heavily may experience cluster headaches more often. They may feel more sensitive to nicotine or alcohol whenever they experience a cluster headache episode. During periods where patients don’t experience cluster headache attacks, drinking wouldn’t trigger headaches.
Cluster headache is caused by the hypothalamus–the part of the brain responsible for sleep and wake cycles–triggering the trigeminal nerve. This nerve located near the eye and up to the forehead communicates pain, which might signal a headache–this is why you also experience facial pain.
Patients in their cluster period would have triggers that will cause their headaches. That’s why it’s also important to define these, so you’d know what you might want to avoid.
Here are the triggers to cluster headache attacks:
Schedule a consultation with our cluster headache specialist to receive more guidance about managing your cluster headache, given these symptoms.
Episodic cluster headache is often misconstrued as a simple migraine. We don’t blame these patients because the two headache disorders can seem similar. Scheduling a consultation with us here at Gramercy Pain Center allows you to receive the right diagnosis for your type of headache disorder, making you proceed to the right treatment plan.
| Cluster Headache | Migraine Headache | |
| Speed | Abrupt headache pain with peak being felt after 45 minutes of onset | Begins slowly with warning signs, like food cravings and changes in mood. Some patients may see auras before migraine. |
| Duration | May last for 15 minutes to 30 hours | 4 to 72 hours |
| Pain | Severe headache usually on one side of the head, at the back of the eye in every episode or facial pain Burning, piercing, throbbing, or constant pain May spread on the forehead, nose, temple, cheek, or upper gum Scalp feels tender with sensitivity to blood pulsing in the head | Throbbing pain on one side of the head, though it can also be on either side or along the forehead Worsens when you move your head |
| Symptoms | agitation, pacing, or restlessness swollen or droopy eye smaller pupil in your eye eye watering or redness congested or runny nose reddening face mild burning sensation or discomfort light sensitivity sweating | nausea and vomiting sensitivity to light, smell, and sound seeing auras or colored lines, spots, sparkles, or flashing lights weakness tingling or numbness trouble hearing or speaking |
| Routine | Regular headaches happening usually at the same time every day Related to the circadian rhythm | With triggers Followed by postdrome or a migraine hangover |
| Triggers | alcohol bright lights change in altitude cigarette smoke cocaine exertion or exercise food with nitrates heat strong smells | hormonal changes change in weather or pressure chocolates food with MSG stress fatigue change in sleep pattern |
If you suspect that you have either chronic cluster headache or migraine, you can schedule a consultation at Gramercy Pain Center. We offer chronic migraine treatments as well.
Gramercy Pain Center prepares an integrated treatment plan for patients experiencing different types of pain to reduce discomfort and improve their quality of life. We offer not only pain medicine but also surgical and nonsurgical treatments, physical therapy, dietary guidance, and more.
Gramercy Pain Center often starts with diagnosing the type of head pain you have, be it a tension headache, migraine headache, or others. This is so we can come up with the right headache treatment plan for you. With the many kinds of headaches patients may experience, it’s crucial to be certain.
Once we’ve already diagnosed your headache disorder based on the tests and consultations, we will come up with an integrated cluster headache treatment plan for pain management to restore your quality of life.
Patients may expect to be prescribed:
Schedule a consultation with us to know more about treatment for different types of pain and headache, such as tension headache, chronic headache, sinus headache, and more.
Gramercy Pain Center has solutions tailor-fit for every patient with different types of pain.
Embrace a life of comfort without headaches by seeking treatment at Gramercy Pain Treatment. Episodic cluster headache is a very painful headache that immensely affects its patients’ quality of life. We provide an integrated treatment plan that allows patients to manage their condition.
The first step towards your betterment starts with us. Schedule a consultation by calling our office or filling out the form on our website.
