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===Pain=== The pain occurs only on one side of the head, around the eye, particularly behind or above the eye, in the temple. The pain is typically greater than in other headache conditions, including [[migraine]]s, and is usually described as burning, stabbing, drilling or squeezing.<ref name="MehtaMaloney2011">{{cite book|author1=Noshir Mehta|author2=George E. Maloney|author3=Dhirendra S. Bana|author4=Steven J. Scrivani|title=Head, Face, and Neck Pain Science, Evaluation, and Management: An Interdisciplinary Approach|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hgzeUKoeaTcC&pg=PT199|date=20 September 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-20995-0|page=199|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214214959/https://books.google.com/books?id=hgzeUKoeaTcC&pg=PT199|archive-date=14 February 2017}}</ref> While suicide is rare, those with cluster headaches may experience suicidal thoughts (giving the alternative name "suicide headache" or "suicidal headache").<ref name=Rob2013/><ref>{{cite book|title=The 5-Minute Sports Medicine Consult|date=2012|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|isbn=9781451148121|page=87|edition=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-LOm9enAxQ8C&pg=PA87|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910172156/https://books.google.com/books?id=-LOm9enAxQ8C&pg=PA87|archive-date=10 September 2017}}</ref> [[Peter Goadsby|Dr. Peter Goadsby]], Professor of Clinical Neurology at University College London, a leading researcher on the condition has commented: {{blockquote|"Cluster headache is probably the worst pain that humans experience. I know that's quite a strong remark to make, but if you ask a cluster headache patient if they've had a worse experience, they'll universally say they haven't. Women with cluster headache will tell you that an attack is worse than giving birth. So you can imagine that these people give birth without anesthetic once or twice a day, for six, eight, or ten weeks at a time, and then have a break. It's just awful."<ref>{{cite web|author=Goadsby P, Mitchell N|year=1999|title=Cluster Headaches|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=https://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s42434.htm |url-status= dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922070249/https://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s42434.htm|archive-date=22 September 2011}}</ref>}}
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