Cluster headache is one of the most intensely painful human conditions: Results from the International Cluster Headache Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the pain intensity of cluster headache through a large survey by comparing it to other painful disorders. Furthermore, to investigate the relationship between maximal pain, autonomic, and other clinical symptoms, as well as demographic attributes of cluster headache.

Background

The pain of cluster headache is anecdotally considered to be one of the worst pains in existence. The link between pain and autonomic features of cluster headache is understood mechanistically through the trigeminovascular reflex, though it is not clear if this is a graded response. Links between pain and other features of cluster headache are less well understood.

Methods

This Internet-based cross-sectional survey included questions on cluster headache diagnostic criteri

SUBMITTER: Burish MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7898696 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature