Lateralisation of pain in cluster headache. 1989

Paolo Procacci, and Massimo Zoppi, and Marco Maresca, and Alfiero Zamponi, and Marcello Fanciullacci, and Federigo Sicuteri
Istituto di Clinica Medica 1°, Servizio di Algologia, Università di Firenze, 50134 FlorenceItaly Istituto di Patologia Medica e Farmacologia Clinica, Università di Firenze, 50134 FlorenceItaly.

In 27 patients with cluster headache a careful sensory examination of the entire body was performed. The exam included: the measurement of sensory thresholds with mechanical and electrical stimuli, the assessment of cutaneous and deep hyperalgesia and the ischaemic test of the upper limbs with limbs at rest. In most patients a lateralisation of the findings was observed: cutaneous and deep hyperalgesia were prevalent in the side of cluster headache attacks. The results indicate that in cluster headache, as in other pain syndromes, a lateralisation may be induced throughout the body, probably by phenomena of facilitation in the central nervous system and by activation of reflex arcs.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007511 Ischemia A hypoperfusion of the BLOOD through an organ or tissue caused by a PATHOLOGIC CONSTRICTION or obstruction of its BLOOD VESSELS, or an absence of BLOOD CIRCULATION. Ischemias
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010146 Pain An unpleasant sensation induced by noxious stimuli which are detected by NERVE ENDINGS of NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS. Suffering, Physical,Ache,Pain, Burning,Pain, Crushing,Pain, Migratory,Pain, Radiating,Pain, Splitting,Aches,Burning Pain,Burning Pains,Crushing Pain,Crushing Pains,Migratory Pain,Migratory Pains,Pains, Burning,Pains, Crushing,Pains, Migratory,Pains, Radiating,Pains, Splitting,Physical Suffering,Physical Sufferings,Radiating Pain,Radiating Pains,Splitting Pain,Splitting Pains,Sufferings, Physical
D010147 Pain Measurement Scales, questionnaires, tests, and other methods used to assess pain severity and duration in patients or experimental animals to aid in diagnosis, therapy, and physiological studies. Analgesia Tests,Analogue Pain Scale,Formalin Test,McGill Pain Questionnaire,Nociception Tests,Pain Assessment,Pain Intensity,Pain Severity,Tourniquet Pain Test,Visual Analogue Pain Scale,Analog Pain Scale,Assessment, Pain,McGill Pain Scale,Visual Analog Pain Scale,Analgesia Test,Analog Pain Scales,Analogue Pain Scales,Formalin Tests,Intensity, Pain,Measurement, Pain,Nociception Test,Pain Assessments,Pain Intensities,Pain Measurements,Pain Questionnaire, McGill,Pain Scale, Analog,Pain Scale, Analogue,Pain Scale, McGill,Pain Severities,Pain Test, Tourniquet,Questionnaire, McGill Pain,Scale, Analog Pain,Scale, Analogue Pain,Scale, McGill Pain,Severity, Pain,Test, Analgesia,Test, Formalin,Test, Nociception,Test, Tourniquet Pain,Tests, Nociception,Tourniquet Pain Tests
D003027 Cluster Headache A primary headache disorder that is characterized by severe, strictly unilateral PAIN which is orbital, supraorbital, temporal or in any combination of these sites, lasting 15-180 min. occurring 1 to 8 times a day. The attacks are associated with one or more of the following, all of which are ipsilateral: conjunctival injection, lacrimation, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, facial SWEATING, eyelid EDEMA, and miosis. (International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd ed. Cephalalgia 2004: suppl 1) Ciliary Neuralgia,Headache, Cluster,Histamine Cephalgia,Horton Syndrome,Neuralgic Migraine,Atypical Cluster Headache,Chronic Cluster Headache,Cluster Headache Syndrome,Episodic Cluster Headache,Horton's Syndrome,Atypical Cluster Headaches,Cephalgia, Histamine,Cephalgias, Histamine,Chronic Cluster Headaches,Ciliary Neuralgias,Cluster Headache Syndromes,Cluster Headache, Atypical,Cluster Headache, Chronic,Cluster Headache, Episodic,Cluster Headaches,Cluster Headaches, Atypical,Cluster Headaches, Chronic,Cluster Headaches, Episodic,Episodic Cluster Headaches,Headache Syndrome, Cluster,Headache Syndromes, Cluster,Headache, Atypical Cluster,Headache, Chronic Cluster,Headache, Episodic Cluster,Headaches, Atypical Cluster,Headaches, Chronic Cluster,Headaches, Cluster,Headaches, Episodic Cluster,Histamine Cephalgias,Hortons Syndrome,Migraine, Neuralgic,Migraines, Neuralgic,Neuralgia, Ciliary,Neuralgias, Ciliary,Neuralgic Migraines,Syndrome, Cluster Headache,Syndrome, Horton,Syndrome, Horton's,Syndromes, Cluster Headache
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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