Cluster Headache Following Trauma
August 12, 2009 by dean · Leave a Comment
Clinical experience suggests a skilled examination of the neck in cluster headache sufferers
My experience with cluster headache includes a patient who developed cluster headache 2-3 months after a whiplash accident – and treatment of his subsequent neck disorder has meant that he has been pain-free for 5 years.
A recent case study describes the onset of cluster headache after mild head trauma – and whilst most attention is given to the possibility of some trauma to structures inside the head, the neck has to stop either the moving head in relation to the body or the body in relation to the head and (the neck) is likely to be injured.
My clinical experience suggests that it is important for a skilled examination of the neck in cluster headache sufferers.
Cheers
Dean
(Lambru G et al. Post-Traumatic Cluster Headache: From the Periphery to the Central Nervous System? Headache 2009;(49)7:1059-1061)
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