How To Identify Cluster Headaches Before They Get You

Characteristics

Unlike a migraine, people with a cluster headache may pace or sit and rock back and forth in a chair. They may also experience sensitivity to sound and light in the ear and eye on one side of the face. Many cluster headaches occur at night and last anywhere from six to twelve weeks at a time. They may begin every spring or fall and continue for more than a year with pain-free periods that last less than a month. A single headache can last anywhere from fifteen minutes to three hours, and they tend to occur at the same time every day.