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Tpos, All, Conclusions from the 2008 survey of 1134 CHers by Dr. Todd Rozen, MD FAAN, that clearly apply to this discussion: Some of the results from the United States Cluster Headache Survey provide new clinical information on the characteristics of CH. 1. Eye color is not predominantly hazel but rather blue or brown 2. Female CH patients do not have CH triggered by alcohol as frequently as men 3. Weather changes trigger CH in more than 35% of CH sufferers 4. Auras occur in about 20% of CH patients (which has been documented) but aura duration is shorter than that seen in migraine and female CH aura is very short at 5 or less minutes 5. Bilateral CH pain occurs in 8% of CCH patients 6. All CH preventives are found to be effective in less than 50% of the United States CH population and 70% plus of CH patients have not tried most of the currently recognized CH preventive treatments 7. In the United States 50% of CH patients are not currently seeing a neurologist Take care, V/R, Batch