It is usually not associated with other symptoms. Migraine, in contrast, typically affects one side of the head, and has a throbbing quality of moderate or severe intensity. Migraine is almost always accompanied by some other symptom, usually nausea and excessive sensitivity to light, noise or odors. A minority of migraine sufferers experiences an aura before the headache. The aura most often appears as flickering lights, but may be tingling of the face and hand or, rarely, weakness.
Migraine tends to move from one side of the head to the other with different episodes.
But cluster headache almost always recurs on the same side with every attack. In contrast to tension-type headache and migraine that affect women more commonly than men, cluster headache afflicts men much more commonly than women. There are many things that may trigger or aggravate migraine. The most common internal factors are menstruation, physical activity, and emotional stress. There are dozens of potential external factors.