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(Message started by: jhgnopain on Sep 4^th, 2004, 3:46pm)

Title: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by jhgnopain on Sep 4^th, 2004, 3:46pm

I am scheduled to go for my first brain MRI this coming week. The neuro wants to have a look to see if any link can be established with my previous head trauma. (I was a pedestrian hit by a car 15 years ago). However, my CH started at about age 16 (22 years ago). ( I suppose I should also note that I had previous nuero damage as an infant/child as well). I am just curious if anyone has any links or knowledge of any correlations having been made?

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by jhgnopain on Sep 4^th, 2004, 3:52pm

Sorry about placing this topic in the wrong spot....

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by nani on Sep 4^th, 2004, 6:55pm

My clusters started 6 months after a burst brain aneurysm. My neuro claims that there is no correlation. I was 42 years old at the time. From what I see here, most clusterheads start earlier. [smiley=huh.gif]

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by Superpain on Sep 4^th, 2004, 7:38pm

There are alot of people that have had head trauma, but just as many that haven't.

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by Ueli on Sep 4^th, 2004, 10:55pm

In the old literature head trauma is sometimes given as a possible cause, and a latency period up to 10 years was allowed. (Who doesn't hit his head somewhere in a 10 year period :o )
But -7, years as in your case, is highly improbable I believe. ;;D

PFNADs, Ueli [smiley=smokin.gif]

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by IndianaJohn on Sep 5^th, 2004, 11:41am

I've had a few concusions in my youth. But I've also had CT scans that turned out normal prior to getting CH when I was 28.

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by clarence on Sep 5^th, 2004, 12:42pm

The only trauma my head suffers is when I look in the mirror. Seriously, I don't know how my wife is headache free...

Casey

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by eddie on Sep 5^th, 2004, 1:15pm

i have a bad one as a child headtrauma is serious
it effects allot of stuff. but i didnt start having ch
till i became 20yrs old. but headtrauma bad ones
effect allot of stuff in our bodies. anxiety, breathing
ears, and balance. im not sure what caused my ch
i just want my life back. i have been chronic 380
days or more. i have been hit everyday. had enough
prednisone 3 times this summer is enough. just didnt
want to break it. pred & ch tried to break me.
i have taken pred off and on since i was 23yrs now
im 40yrs i believe i had enough.

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by nancyc on Sep 6^th, 2004, 1:12am

Broke my nose one day..next day, chs started....hit by a drunk driver over 20 years later, turned chronic...who the hell knows ...butt, it is awfully suspicious to me.... :)nancyc

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by Biker on Sep 6^th, 2004, 8:26am

I never had a headache till I ran a motorcycle into a stone wall. About a month later the headaches started. I thought my brains were leaking out my nose. A couple of years later, a neurologist told me I suffered from Cluster Headaches. Have had a total of 3 nueros confirm this. MRI's showed nothing unusual.

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by vig on Sep 6^th, 2004, 9:10pm

Christmas is a lovely time of year...
wait, what was the question again?

oh yeah, brain trauma, yes, obviously a few times....
had a CT scan, found nothing, but it was about 6 months before the fun started.

Title: Got Head?
Post by Mr. Happy on Sep 6^th, 2004, 9:50pm

Damn that NancyC to heck and back. It wasn't until she started with her cervical trauma and CH related innuendo that I got back into the saddle, as minor as it may be.
It's immaterial what causes this. Treatment is all that matters. Give it your best shot.

Have a nice day,
RJ

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by nancyc on Sep 7^th, 2004, 7:07pm

Na na na na na na, Mr. Happy. You will find a nurse always questions everything....LOL.. ;;D smiles,nancyc

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by Tom K on Sep 11^th, 2004, 8:44am

Had a sever depressed concusion when I was 7 or 8. Caught a bolt in the head when I fell off my bike into a fence. Not a BOLT but a bolt, like a 1/4-20 (that's small for your non-bolt knowing types, LOL!). ONLY went in about a 1/8-3/8". What fun that was on your birthday!! First ride in a cop car!! LOL!! CH started at 15. Don't know if these are connected but it pretty much feels like it when I get a K7 or above.

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by Bob_Johnson on Sep 11^th, 2004, 9:20am

See message posted in this section the end of August--"Peter Goadsby-brain scan."

A search covering 10-yrs on PubMed produced almost nothing on the question. This a broad summary article is of general interest.
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Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2003 Apr;7(2):144-9.

Epidemiology of cluster headache.

Finkel AG.

Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 3114 Bioinformatics Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. finkela@glial.med.unc.edu

Cluster headache is rare, occurring in less than 1% of the population. Studies suggest that, in addition to the pain and associated autonomic disturbances recognized to be characteristic of the syndrome, patients also may experience nausea, photophobia, behavioral agitation, or restlessness. A decreasing male:female ratio also has been noted, perhaps attributable to lifestyle trends adopted by more women that were previously associated with men, such as tobacco use, alcohol consumption, and working outside of the home. The relationship between cluster headache and hormonal events does not appear to be strong. Hormonal influences on the chronic form of cluster headache in women are a subject of investigation. The emerging understanding of the genetics of cluster headache increasingly suggests a genetic component, with familial transmission now recognized to be more common than previously appreciated. Head trauma, coronary artery disease, and migraine appear to be present in more patients with cluster headache than can be explained by chance alone. Ethnic and racial differences in prevalence are less well understood.

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by chuck on Sep 11^th, 2004, 7:38pm

Hey everyone. I used to kickbox and I got hit really good in 1993, got knocked down, (I did finish the fight though ;;D). Anyway, my CH's began 3 months later. May be a huge coinckydinck, who knows? Got em now!!!!

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by jhgnopain on Sep 12^th, 2004, 4:10pm

Thanks for all of the response! It confirmed what I have been suspecting for years--maybe, maybe not? I have a definite droopiness to the left side of my face and this is the side that the beast attacks. I suspect that is why the nuero even expressed any possibility of a correlation. I had the MRI last Wednesday (the 8th) and I will be interested to see what it shows in relation to the many bangs and bumps my head has taken (I have never had one before). I think I am back in remission--a month since a full-blown attack!!! THANK YOU!!!

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by don on Sep 12^th, 2004, 5:49pm

Quote:

hit by a drunk driver over 20 years later, turned chronic.

So you are now chronically getting hit by drunk drivers?

Title: Re: Previous Head Trauma?
Post by unsolved1 on Sep 12^th, 2004, 9:44pm

good old fashoin head trauma may be just what I need ;;D

Unsolved

"I'll pluck your eye out if you scrape my hypothalmus" < LOL...Who said that ??