Bryan Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Hi fam, I was just listening to a radio program about a virus spread through a certain kind of tick that produces a rare allergic reaction to eating red meat. It confused the hell out of doctors for years until one doctor narrowed it down to an association with this particular tick. See the link below. It got me thinking. Has there been any research on Cluster Headaches as a symptom of some kind of virus or infection that perhaps makes it's way to the brain/hypothalamus? I did some googling and searching on this site, but I don't see many theories of this kind. I see @didgens started a topic anout ear infections (which I suffered from as a child as well!). Curious if any research had been done on CH being on-set as a symptom, or caused by, something else? I always sort of defulted to the thought that I was born with this, but perhaps we all picked this up somewhere along the way? https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/06/25/621080751/red-meat-allergies-caused-by-tick-bites-are-on-the-rise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainRose Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Hi This is my first post to the forum, hope I'm doing it correctly. .. in any case, 7 month ago I had some sort of viral eye infection. Before that infection I almost never had any sort of headache. Immediately following the infection I developed chronic C.H. Am currently looking into going on antiviral meds to see if they make a difference to my CH's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perseverance Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 On 7/30/2018 at 7:06 AM, MountainRose said: Hi This is my first post to the forum, hope I'm doing it correctly. .. in any case, 7 month ago I had some sort of viral eye infection. Before that infection I almost never had any sort of headache. Immediately following the infection I developed chronic C.H. Am currently looking into going on antiviral meds to see if they make a difference to my CH's Hello, if you're still there! I'm fairly surprised to hear that. I also had a stubborn eye infection that relapsed few times back at 7 months before experiencing these headaches. I'm now more inclined to think that the virus may be connected to or triggering a mechanism in the hypothalamic region. Interestingly, I've been prescribed a drug that I've used for 11 months as an immune-modulator cyclosporine which is also extracted from fungi? maybe they all make sense who knows. FYI docs told me it's an epidemic adenovirus, nasty one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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