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(Message started by: youngmichael on Dec 9^th, 2005, 9:06pm)

Title: CH and colds
Post by youngmichael on Dec 9^th, 2005, 9:06pm

Last year my cycle ended right when I got a cold. I thought it was a coincidence, but the same thing seems to have happened again. I got a cold last Friday, and now I have been PF for 3 days...I almost never have 3 PFD in a row during a cycle. I hope the cycle is over.

Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

Title: Re: CH and colds
Post by Kate in Oz on Dec 10^th, 2005, 7:30am

Hey Michael :)

No I haven't experienced this that I can remember :P

Good thing that you're getting some pain free time tho'.

Hope it lasts a very very long time.

Kate

Title: Re: CH and colds
Post by lionsound on Dec 10^th, 2005, 9:07am

No, I haven't either, but don't question the Pain free time.

ENJOY!!!! :D

Title: Re: CH and colds
Post by Druidmaster on Dec 11^th, 2005, 2:36am

I always have cold like symtoms during my cycle. Ya DURING. Sucks major. Even though I am the opposite of you, I wouldn't doubt there is a link there. Hope your done bro! You know your body better than anyone else.

Title: Re: CH and colds
Post by phase66 on Dec 11^th, 2005, 4:35pm

My cycle just came on at the end of a three day cold, just the opposite. Still have a bit of a cough and it feels like my eye might pop out every time. Not a good combination.

Title: Re: CH and colds
Post by Karla on Dec 11^th, 2005, 5:50pm

I swear colds and flu make my cycle much worse.

Title: Re: CH and colds
Post by burnt-toast on Dec 11^th, 2005, 6:45pm

on 12/11/05 at 17:50:33, Karla wrote:

I swear colds and flu make my cycle much worse.

I agree 100% - colds/flu have a tendency to enhance my CH experience. Honestly, it's good enough on it's own without any help at all.

Tom

Title: Re: CH and colds
Post by Beastfodder on Dec 13^th, 2005, 10:09am

For me this resonates with my history.

Always used to get sinusitis that preceded the cluster attack - to the point I had sinus ops and know more antibiotics than anyone outside the pharmacy industrty ought to.

Now it's straight to CH, but is there a role the caverous sinus plays in CH?

Title: Re: CH and colds
Post by youngmichael on Dec 13^th, 2005, 3:55pm

Maybe it's just a co-incidence. My cycle is deffinately ending, though...and it happened right after the cold. Huh. Strange.

Title: Re: CH and colds
Post by Gena on Dec 13^th, 2005, 5:05pm

on 12/13/05 at 15:55:19, youngmichael wrote:

Maybe it's just a co-incidence. My cycle is deffinately ending, though...and it happened right after the cold. Huh. Strange.

Are you taking anything for the cold?

Such as a decongestant?

The reason I ask is at one point, I used to take ClaritenD 12 hour tablets. When I took them everytime with out missing it used to help with the CH. My doc explained once why it helped I don't remember now, it stopped working so I have not thought about it for a while.

Title: Re: CH and colds
Post by youngmichael on Dec 14^th, 2005, 1:30pm

No, I didn't take anything for the cold. Just rest.

Title: Re: CH and colds
Post by Orion on Dec 14^th, 2005, 2:29pm

It is a tough issue as the sinuses are right there in CH territory, add some migranol and boy do they get stuffy.

I think decongestants constrict blood flow which may help abort attacks for some people but quickly loses effectiveness. I have considered too much decongestant use may cause a rebound effect in the blood vessels and that will start a cycle. I try to minimize decon use during a year I think a cycle will start. They still come eventually :(

Title: Re: CH and colds
Post by nancyc on Dec 16^th, 2005, 11:55pm

I am chronic but going thru a terrible cycle rite now...the other day, i started to get a cold and now I am getting slammed constantly with chs...about six hits a day atleast...If i use 1/2 imitrex shot, it only last one hour and then i get hit again...I am trying to get rid of the cold in hopes that the chs wont be so severe...I am about to lose it! smiles,nancyc

Title: Re: CH and colds
Post by nancyc on Dec 18^th, 2005, 2:53am

well, so much for my cold, it turns out, i have a sinus infection...never had one that triggered off my chs before...guess there is a first time for everything..smiles,nancyc