Cluster headache
Subject in Medicine
Cluster headache has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including This American Life. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
EricJuror in the Kouri Richins trial who withheld his last name
Eric describes his cluster headache pain as worse than his unmedicated gunshot wound.
“It felt like my eye socket was full of red hot coals and a mule was just kicking me in the face repetitively for hours on end”
This American Life: 901: Is Your Blue My Blue? (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 37:47
Ike SriskandarajahThis American Life producer who reported the prologue and Act Three
Sriskandarajah reports that cluster headaches affect about one in a thousand people and are thought to stem from hypothalamic dysfunction.
“Clusters affect about 1 in 1,000 people. It's about as common as MS or lupus. They think it's caused by a dysfunction in the hypothalamus”
This American Life: 901: Is Your Blue My Blue? (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 37:13
Podcasts
- This American Life · 1 episode
Episodes
901: Is Your Blue My Blue?This American Life · Nov 9, 2026 · 1 h
Ira Glass, Ike Sriskandarajah and Molly Marcello present stories of people trying to convey hearing loss, cluster headache pain, and grief to others.