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Chrisjg23
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CH's,
As I head into my 4th week of my first CH experience, I began to wonder about how you guys handle the eye issues associated with CHs.
During my worst headaches, my left eye will water, turn bloodshot, and the lower lid is irritated and reddish...
Do you guys do anything special to alleviate the swelling and redness?
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Re: Eyes
« Reply #1 on: Dec 17th, 2006, 9:31pm » |
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Honestly there really is nothing that can be done for this. It's an autonomic symptom, and once the cycle is over, it will go away on it's own.
Cold compresses help the pain during the attack itself, and can help a bit to relieve some of the swelling.
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Re: Eyes
« Reply #2 on: Dec 18th, 2006, 12:52am » |
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on Dec 17th, 2006, 9:31pm, Redd715 wrote:Honestly there really is nothing that can be done for this. It's an autonomic symptom, and once the cycle is over, it will go away on it's own.
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Yep. It goes away when the headache is finished. I know it's happening, but I don't pay too much attention to the drip, drip, drip from the bloodshot eye--I'm just trying to get through the hit.
It's just part of the whole nasty deal--along with the sweating and the runny nose. Of the secondary symptoms, I hate the sweating the worst. But all of that is sweetness and light juxtaposed against the &*^% knife in my eye.
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Re: Eyes
« Reply #3 on: Dec 18th, 2006, 1:32pm » |
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I can give a crap how I look after a hit. But I do get the droopy lid, red eye and the runny nose.
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Re: Eyes
« Reply #4 on: Dec 18th, 2006, 10:19pm » |
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 Slingin boogers in the ER is a sure way to speed up the imitrex shot.
cold on the fire eyes. Lots of towels for the other stuff.
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Re: Eyes
« Reply #5 on: Dec 19th, 2006, 6:49am » |
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 . are " slingin boogers " an over the counter med ?
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Re: Eyes
« Reply #6 on: Dec 19th, 2006, 1:03pm » |
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on Dec 17th, 2006, 8:17pm, Chrisjg23 wrote:CH's,
As I head into my 4th week of my first CH experience, I began to wonder about how you guys handle the eye issues associated with CHs.
During my worst headaches, my left eye will water, turn bloodshot, and the lower lid is irritated and reddish...
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just curious...as you are in your 4th week of your first ch eperience.i just wondered.....how and when you got diagnosed ?
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Re: Eyes
« Reply #7 on: Dec 19th, 2006, 5:05pm » |
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Hey,
I was diagnosed by my doc at the beginning of the month...
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Re: Eyes
« Reply #8 on: Dec 21st, 2006, 1:51am » |
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on Dec 19th, 2006, 5:05pm, Chrisjg23 wrote:Hey,
I was diagnosed by my doc at the beginning of the month... |
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Smart, smart doc you've got there. I was diagnosed about three years after onset, and I'm one of the lucky ones. Some here went undiagnosed for many years.
Seriously--kudos to your doctor.
Best wishes,
George
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Ah! The foreigners put on such airs
Wearing the tangerine suits
And their harlequin eyes.
The pain they inspire
Draws in harmonica melodies
And the feathers of birds
Which flame up at their touch.
It all comes to light in the sheer
Debonair.
(Ellen)
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Eye thing only during attack.
Glad it's there so I don't have to tell people to get the hell away... The eye tells all
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Re: Eyes
« Reply #10 on: Dec 21st, 2006, 7:29am » |
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Yes,
I am quite grateful for his diagnosis (well, it still sucks) I can't imagine not knowing what this ridiculous pain was ...
He just started me on Verapamil...I've read some good things about it on the board and I hope it works.
Oh, and I'm now over one month with this cycle! Sadly, it feels like an accomplishment 
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Re: Eyes
« Reply #11 on: Dec 21st, 2006, 8:16am » |
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on Dec 21st, 2006, 7:29am, Chrisjg23 wrote:Yes,
I am quite grateful for his diagnosis (well, it still sucks) I can't imagine not knowing what this ridiculous pain was ...
He just started me on Verapamil...I've read some good things about it on the board and I hope it works.
Oh, and I'm now over one month with this cycle! Sadly, it feels like an accomplishment |
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Then you are going into this with a good additude, and that there is half the battle. Keeping a positive frame of mind between the hits is essential to getting through this and moving on with life once the cycle ends.
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Re: Eyes
« Reply #12 on: Dec 24th, 2006, 1:29pm » |
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My husband also gets the redness,swelling, teariness but lately he has been getting blurred vision. Do other people get blurred vision with the cluster? Thanks. Debbie
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No blurred vision, but in the past 2 cycles, each have added a spot on my eye that I can see when looking at anything bright, like a white wall.
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Re: Eyes
« Reply #14 on: Dec 27th, 2006, 10:01pm » |
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My eye doctor, who ALSO has cluster headaches, says that a cool compress for about 10 minutes after an attack is the best option to get the redness and puffiness to go away.
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