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Title: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by Tanyana on Feb 8^th, 2009 at 2:16am

Hi, i'm getting a bad hit right now and the roots of my hair on the hit side HURT. I can feel where they are... has anyone else experienced this before?

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by Guiseppi on Feb 8^th, 2009 at 2:43am

Never during a hit but the next few days after a bad hit it feels like I was in a chick fight and had my hair pulled! ;)

Joe

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by Ellick on Feb 8^th, 2009 at 5:24am

Don't know if this is similar. I get little areas on my head that feel like small bruises. I don't know they are there until I inadvetantly touch them.

They seem to move around and are often difficult to find again. This only occurs now and again. I guess the size of these bruises is about a pin head 1 or 2 ml.

Ellick.

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by BarbaraD on Feb 8^th, 2009 at 5:41am

Yep, but I tend to pull my hair when I'm getting hit, so that might explain that one.

Hugs BD

PS Joe -- how would you know what it feels like to be in a "chick" fight? :)

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by arcticspirals on Feb 8^th, 2009 at 6:30am

I have, always figured it was inflammed vessels under the skin. Tried treating with topical cortizone, seemed to help a bit with the scalp. Hope this passes.

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by Just Plain Carl on Feb 8^th, 2009 at 9:46am

Yep, I had the sore hair thing. It seemed to last for several days.

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by Kim Dyer on Feb 8^th, 2009 at 6:25pm

I'm glad I'm not alone in this. I told my mom the other day that my hair was hurting, she looked at me like I was insane...

but seriously, the slightest touch on the left side of my head is painful... and the movement of my hair also hurts. so, yes, i know what you mean!

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by coneclare on Feb 8^th, 2009 at 7:09pm

My scalp is sore every attack. the entire side of my head is tender and feels bruised. People have mentioned a scale, k1 through kwhatever, is there an actual chart for that?

DC

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by Barry_T_Coles on Feb 8^th, 2009 at 8:00pm

BarbaraD wrote on Feb 8^th, 2009 at 5:41am:

PS Joe -- how would you know what it feels like to be in a "chick" fight? :)

Hmm yea ? ::)

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by George on Feb 8^th, 2009 at 8:30pm

coneclare wrote on Feb 8^th, 2009 at 7:09pm:

My scalp is sore every attack. the entire side of my head is tender and feels bruised. People have mentioned a scale, k1 through kwhatever, is there an actual chart for that?

DC

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Welcome, DC.

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George

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by cyberone on Feb 9^th, 2009 at 8:22am

i tend to pull my hair...so when it gets bad i shave my head...

also then i can place a cool towel on the pain side...

so yeah for me bad cycle = no hair

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by Tanyana on Feb 9^th, 2009 at 9:05am

I still have some sensetivity two days later, but can't say if is from that frist hit or not as a get more than one a day. I found some info on the nerves involved in ch. and now wonder if the hair root thing was caused by a pissed of nerve. Will try to refind this info later and post it. Had a really cool pic.

Thank ya'll Tanyana

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by debOUCH on Feb 9^th, 2009 at 4:06pm

absolutely!! During heavy hits, my hair hurt! My head also felt like it was bruised........(this was when getting hit constantly from 9pm/11pm-8am/9am...............
Just the shower running on my head hurt!
A snug hat on my head at all times................works for me!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't care what the neighbors think!!! LOL

debs

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by midwestbeth on Feb 9^th, 2009 at 4:22pm

Yes.....I have said before that my hair hurt after a bad attack. I do tend to pull my hair during a bad hit, but I think it would hurt anyway.

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by ANNSIE on Feb 9^th, 2009 at 5:09pm

Its the trigeminal nerve. It has branches to the scalp and when the nerve is irritated due to a CH attack, it causes residual pain along all or most of its branches.

Title: Re: bad hit and roots of hair
Post by Batch on Feb 9^th, 2009 at 6:01pm

Patty,

The pain you're feeling is called cutaneous allodynia. It one of the lesser known and understood symptoms of cluster headaches although it is more common in migraine headaches. The best way to avoid allodynia is to abort your attacks more rapidly with oxygen therapy before the pain reaches a Kip-6.

Allodynia usually starts around Kip-7 and increases in intensity as the pain escalates.

Take care and get on your oxygen sooner for a faster abort of your cluster headache attacks.

V/R, Batch