A client reports a severe, sharp, stabbing headache and intense pain in and around the eye that lasts for up to 1 hour. history reveals that the client had similar episodes of headaches previously which lasted for ten weeks. what other symptoms may be manifested by the client?.

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Tatum Mercado

Biology

5 August, 17:15

A client reports a severe, sharp, stabbing headache and intense pain in and around the eye that lasts for up to 1 hour. history reveals that the client had similar episodes of headaches previously which lasted for ten weeks. what other symptoms may be manifested by the client?.

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Jonathan · Answer 1

Rhinorrhea

Lacrimation

Pupillary constriction

The diagnosis for the patient seems to be a cluster headache. In a cluster headache, the patient will have an intense pain with lacrimation, rhinorrhea, and miosis (pupillary constriction). The pain is unilateral with duration of minutes to hours. It could occur for weeks and disappear for months afterward, makes it called "cluster" ...