YouTube Clip of the Week: Cluster Headache Question
by Rena Sherwood
It’s only thirty seconds long, but it packs a whallop. Remember way back when YouTube was asking people to send in videotaped questions for the Presidential primaries? Although this question from Anthony Amabile in New Castle, Pennsylvania was specifically aimed at the candidates, it also can be aimed at everyone in America, too.
A little cluster headache round-up:
- Cluster headaches attack men more than women
- Their cause is unknown
- They are not migraines
- They tend to begin about an hour and a half after you go to sleep and then last for a few hours, finally receeding
- One of the most promising treatments is called oxygen therapy, which Anthony refers to here
- You get them every night for weeks
- It can be months or years between attacks, although there are some poor sods who have what’s called “minimum cycle cluster attacks” and do not get a break
- It is strongly advised that anyone suffering from cluster headaches should stay away from alcoholic drinks. It is thought alcohol might trigger an attack
- Health care in America sucks … but I guess you already knew that
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