SUNCT Headache - Attack and "cure"

 SUNCT headaches are characterized by bursts of moderate to severe burning, stabbing, or throbbing pain, usually on one side of the head and around the eye or temple.

SUNCT stands for  Short-lasting, Unilateral, Neuralgiform headache attacks with Conjunctival injection and Tearing.  Neurologists believe that SUNCT is one of the Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias.

Autonomic nervous system responses include watery eyes, reddish or bloodshot eyes caused by dilation of blood vessels (conjunctival injection), nasal congestion, runny nose, sweaty forehead, swelling of the eyelids, and increased pressure within the eye on the affected side of head.

According to National Institutes of Health, these headaches are generally non-responsive to usual treatment for other short-lasting headaches. Corticosteroids and the anti-epileptic drugs gabapentin, lamotrigine, and carbamazepine may help relieve some symptoms in some patients. Studies have shown that glycerol injections to block the facial nerves that carry pain may provide immediate relief, but the headaches recurred in about 40 percent of patients studied.

We treated a patient that had a SUNCT diagnosis and also had many TMD signs and symptoms.  Once the jaw alignment is corrected with NM orthotic, all of her symptoms improved greatly.  So when she had an episode of right face and right eye lid drooping, it felt like a recurrence of a nightmare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYA7Mcdk8k0

Since the SUNCT headache attacks have completely gone for a year since beginning NM treatment, I was confident that we can "cure" this attack with Neuromusucula dental protocols.  The mandibular condyle can put pressure on the Facial nerve if the jaw moves towards the back.

IF it were an incurable neurological phenomenon, then nothing I did would matter.

In just one hour of Ultra Low Frequency TENS applied in specific locations ( Las Vegas Institute protocol) the symptoms disappeared completely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVEsak9kv1Y

More information at www.MidwestHeadaches.comMichelle's story will be on my next post.

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Thanks for informing about SUNCT, But how severe is it?. I will keep track of the symptoms as I might help some one else.

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