Cluster Headache in Spanish

What it means

A cluster headache is an uncommon type of headache. It is one-sided head pain that may involve tearing of the eyes, a droopy eyelid, and a stuffy nose. Attacks last from 15 minutes to 3 hours and occur daily or almost daily for weeks or months, separated by pain-free periods that last at least 1 month. MedlinePlus says the headache tends to happen daily at the same time of day and commonly strikes 2 to 3 hours after you fall asleep. Cluster headaches may be confused with other common types of headaches such as migraines, sinus headaches, and tension headaches. MedlinePlus lists histamine headache and Horton's headache among the alternative names. In Spanish the term is cefalea en racimos; the MedlinePlus en español encyclopedia article is titled Cefalea en brotes.

Spanish term: Cefalea en racimos
Gender and article: feminine: la cefalea en racimos
Pronunciation: seh-fah-LEH-ah en rrah-SEE-mohs

Other Spanish terms	Where it is used	Note
cefalea en brotes	General	Title of the MedlinePlus en español encyclopedia article on this condition, and the form used in its text.
cefalea histamínica	General	MedlinePlus en español lists it among the alternative names.
cefalea de Horton	General	MedlinePlus en español lists it among the alternative names.

Cefalea en racimos is the form used in the MedlinePlus en español health topic on headache, which names cefaleas en racimos among other common types of headache. The MedlinePlus en español encyclopedia article on the same condition is titled Cefalea en brotes and uses that form in its text, although one of its image titles reads Cefalea en racimo. Cefalea is feminine, una cefalea en brotes, and the health topic gives it as another name for dolor de cabeza (headache).

The encyclopedia article lists cefalea histamínica and cefalea de Horton among its alternative names. Words it uses around the term include ataques (attacks), lagrimeo (tearing of the eyes), párpado caído (droopy eyelid), congestión nasal (stuffy nose) and ojo rojo (red eye). Other headache types it mentions include migrañas and cefaleas tensionales, and its alternative names also include cefalea en brotes episódica and cefalea en brotes crónica, matching the English episodic cluster headache and chronic cluster headache.

Phrases for an appointment

What a patient or a clinician might say, in English and Spanish:

Who	English	Spanish
Patient	I get a very strong pain around my right eye, always on the same side.	Me da un dolor muy fuerte alrededor del ojo derecho, siempre del mismo lado.
Clinician	How long does each attack last?	¿Cuánto dura cada ataque?
Patient	About an hour, and it wakes me up at the same time every night.	Más o menos una hora, y me despierta a la misma hora todas las noches.
Clinician	Does your eye water or turn red, or does your nose get stuffy on that side?	¿Le lagrimea el ojo o se le pone rojo, o se le congestiona la nariz de ese lado?
Patient	Yes, my eye waters and my eyelid droops.	Sí, me lagrimea el ojo y se me cae el párpado.
Clinician	Has anyone in your family had cluster headaches?	¿Alguien en su familia ha tenido cefaleas en racimos?
Patient	Last year the headaches came every day for a month, and then they stopped.	El año pasado los dolores de cabeza me dieron todos los días durante un mes y luego pararon.
Clinician	If you ever have the worst headache of your life, or trouble speaking or seeing, call 911.	Si alguna vez tiene el peor dolor de cabeza de su vida, o problemas para hablar o ver, llame al 911.

In 9 languages

Language	Term
English	Cluster Headache
Spanish (Español)	Cefalea en racimos
Chinese (中文)	叢集性頭痛
Korean (한국어)	군발 두통
Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)	Đau đầu cụm
Filipino (Tagalog)	Cluster headache
Portuguese (Português)	Cefaleia em salvas
Thai (ภาษาไทย)	ปวดหัวแบบคลัสเตอร์
Japanese (日本語)	群発頭痛

Where you'll see it

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Related ICD-10-CM category

ICD-10-CM code: G44 → Other headache syndromes

Related terms

Your right to an interpreter in the United States

If English is not your primary language and you have difficulty communicating in English, you may need an interpreter or a translated document when you visit a doctor or dentist, go to the emergency room or pick up a prescription. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights states that two federal laws, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, require programs that receive its funding to provide language access services free of charge.

You can ask when you make the appointment or at the front desk: "I need an interpreter, please." «Necesito un intérprete, por favor.»

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Sources

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