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Oxygen Therapy Influences Episodic Cluster Headache and Related Cutaneous Brush and Cold Allodynia
Author(s) -
Huber Gerald,
Lampl Christian
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01187.x
Subject(s) - cluster headache , allodynia , medicine , anesthesia , supraorbital nerve , migraine , dermatology , hyperalgesia , nociception , receptor , reflex , corneal reflex
Cluster headache (CH) is characterized by a series of sudden attacks of short‐lasting severe headache pain with ipsilateral autonomic features, including lacrimation, rhinorrhea, localized sweating, eyelid edema, and partial or complete Horner's syndrome. Just like in migraine, brush allodynia has been described for CH and for short lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) syndrome. Administration of normobaric oxygen is part of the standard therapy for CH attacks. Here, we describe a young male with a first CH attack and the influence of oxygen on pain and concomitant cutaneous allodynia.