Crazy Dave's Theory #2

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Posted by David D (12.72.27.20) on September 15, 1999 at 00:15:21:

re: oxygen, smoking and clusters.

How about this one: Smoking causes temporary or permanent damage to oxygen senors in blood vessels causing vessels to dialate around trigeminal nerve causing pain. But why when smoking ceasses, even may years later, does damage remain to sensors?
Also, one thing that's always intriqued me: Why the hell is the trigeminal nerve system on one side of head affected and not the other side. In other words, why do clusters always seem to favor right side of head and not the other. Any left handed cluster sufferers out there with pain on left side exclusively?

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Clusters, smoking, and handedness. Hal 15:16:44 9/18/99 (0)
Right-handed, left-sided as smoker; nonsmoker 9 years and now right-sided (NT) Michelle C 23:21:02 9/16/99 (0)
Left side exclusively, ex smoker (both) (nt) Annie 14:48:07 9/16/99 (0)
left-handed,left-sided clusters,female smoker.........(more) Sonya 21:22:37 9/15/99 (0)
Rt side = about 60 clusters, Lft side = 3 or 4 . nt gary g 11:46:48 9/15/99 (0)
Left-sided CHs Dan 11:08:46 9/15/99 (0)
left-sided for 15 years - chronic (nt) drummer 10:48:21 9/15/99 (0)
Left sided CH Tim M 09:59:13 9/15/99 (0)
Left side for 30 years. nt Bob P 09:58:21 9/15/99 (0)
Smoking is the root of every evil - and some more weird statistics Ueli 08:09:31 9/15/99 (4)
- Don't blame me...but i smoke also DURING the attacks, this help me... NT. Riccardo Pentenero 03:45:08 9/16/99 (0)
- Just trying to help David D 23:49:34 9/15/99 (0)
- CH & The Marlboro Man Frank 09:48:23 9/15/99 (1)
  - Correction Frank 09:52:47 9/15/99 (0)
Smoking theroy ????? JohnP 01:31:15 9/15/99 (6)
- smoking grant 21:22:25 9/15/99 (0)
- Maybe o2 resets oxygen senosrs temporarily-Who knows? David D 01:50:57 9/15/99 (0)
- Just trying to explain high incidence among smokers. David D 01:44:01 9/15/99 (3)
  - Statistics JohnP 05:58:30 9/15/99 (2)
    - Let me explain David D 23:23:14 9/15/99 (0)
    - size of survey Simon 13:38:32 9/15/99 (0)

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