Cutaneous Allodynia During Cluster Headache Attacks

Cutaneous allodynia during cluster headache attacks.

Should cluster headache be associated with cutaneous allodynia?

CH be associated with cutaneous allodynia?R Burstein EDITORIAL Should cluster headache be associated with cutaneous allodynia? In an elegantly designed study, using meticulous quantitative sensory testing (QST), Ladda et al. (1) measured skin sensitivity during ongoing cluster headache (CH) and compared it with skin sensitivity during the in-bout and out-of-bout intervals when the patients were...

Allodynia in cluster headache : a review

Allodynia is defined as the experience of pain due to nonpainful stimuli, and occurs in several clinical contexts, including primary headaches. Cluster headache is a primary cephalalgia which is more common in males, characterized by excruciating pain, and autonomic trigeminal dysfunction. The prevalence of allodynia in cluster headache patients is a relevant matter with few studies devoted to....

Dynamic mechanical (brush) allodynia in cluster headache.

OBJECTIVE To examine the occurrence of dynamic mechanical (brush) allodynia (BA) in patients with cluster headache (CH). BACKGROUND Cutaneous allodynia was described in migraine. It was related to sensitization of neurons in the trigeminal nucleus caudalis (TNC). This phenomenon has not been previously described in cluster headache. METHODS We examined adult patients with episodic or chroni...

Oxygen therapy influences episodic cluster headache and related cutaneous brush and cold allodynia.

Cluster headache (CH) is characterized by a series of sudden attacks of short-lasting severe headache pain with ipsilateral autonomic features, including lacrimation, rhinorrhea, localized sweating, eyelid edema, and partial or complete Horner's syndrome. Just like in migraine, brush allodynia has been described for CH and for short lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival inj...