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Richard is a 40-year-old man with a history of 4 weeks of cluster headache once each year. These began when he was 35 years old. His cluster periods occur in the fall. The cluster period begins slowly, increasing over 1 week, reaching a peak where Richard has two or three severe cluster attacks each day. They occur from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Each cluster headache lasts from 40 to 90 minutes, and the headaches are severe. The pain is always on the right side, with eye tearing and nasal congestion.
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Robbins, L.D. (1994). Cluster Headache Sample Case Studies. In: Management of Headache and Headache Medications. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0195-0_11
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