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(Message started by: soren6 on Apr 5^th, 2007, 7:42pm)

Title: back again have some questions
Post by soren6 on Apr 5^th, 2007, 7:42pm

hey everyone i was here on this board 2 years ago when i was first diagnosed with clusterheadaches
thank god i am not currently in a cycle
I am currently past two weeks having sharp pain shooting up the left side of my neck iwas just wondering if anyone else ever heard of this i know it has nothing to do with clusterheadaches but maybe someone else had this happen my clusters always hit my left eye , now it almost feels like the same thing in my neck except the pain is no where even close to as bad as the clusters but still hurts like hell

Title: Re: back again have some questions
Post by Yorky on Apr 5^th, 2007, 7:55pm

just how i started 2 weeks ago.
now its helll

try to rid the neck ache with oxygen.....i did..

if it goes, then battle down the hatches.......get your weapons ready.

but were all different

(chewy springs to mind ;;D ....sorry, lack of sleep made me do it)
good luck

Title: Re: back again have some questions
Post by pieface_49 on Apr 6^th, 2007, 12:00pm

I have experienced the residual effects of a bad hit over two weeks ago that has mainly subsided. A strange headache persisted for about a week affecting both the front and back of my head. Someone had a medical term for this in another post. I can't remember what it was. Here is the medical term for "nuchal". http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=18567

From Pubmed:
"Nuchal symptoms were found in the majority of 100 consecutive patients with cluster headache. In 10%, pain was experienced in the neck with the initial typical orbitotemporal pain; in 37%, pain radiated from the orbit or temple to the ipsilateral side of the neck. Sometimes, neck pain heralded the onset of the attack by a few minutes. During an attack, neck stiffness was reported in 40% and tenderness in 29%. Movement of the neck, especially flexion, precipitated cluster headache in 9% of patients. This was particularly true of patients with chronic cluster headache. Neck movement aggravated the headache in 16 of 100 patients and an equal number reported amelioration of pain by neck movement, especially extension. The nuchal features did not necessarily accompany every attack and were usually overshadowed by the severity of the typical headache. Nevertheless, symptoms referable to the neck occur more commonly than is generally appreciated."

Title: Re: back again have some questions
Post by Rosybabe on Apr 6^th, 2007, 2:18pm

right after my cycle was over, I also experienced a sharp pain in the back of my head, more like an electric shock, It was not constant, it hit me several times and then it went away on its own, but the pain was strong enough that I did not want to move my head or neck while having it, I thought that it was another way for the beast to attack but it was not like my regular CH attacks, I don't know what it was, I will ask the neuro next time...

Title: Re: back again have some questions
Post by soren6 on Apr 6^th, 2007, 10:54pm

Thank you pieface for your response the only thing is the pain is in the front of my neck not the back and i am not currently having any cluster attacks and i never got neck pain during any cluster attacks so this is seperate but i guess there could still be a relation to it i am seeing my neuro on monday so hopefully he'll have some answers but thank you so much for your research :)

Title: Re: back again have some questions
Post by nani on Apr 7^th, 2007, 10:09am

I think I know what you're describing. I get an awfully sharp pain up the left side (I'm a lefty) of my neck. And it spasms and turns my head during a high level hit. It's seperate from the pain at the back of my neck, where my cluster "bump" is.

Title: Re: back again have some questions
Post by Rebecca on Apr 7^th, 2007, 10:16am

hi kid
yes my husband has this, also the vains get hard down his neck and in the side of his head where he has the pain. sorry to say but get ready sounds like another round is coming. :'( :'(