I believe, as do many doctors, that cluster headaches are related to histamine release, which suggests ways to prevent some of them. Many patients, including me, get relief from using decongestants like Psuedophed, from nose drops, and antihistamine drugs. When doing things that I know start my headaches, I can prevent them by using long acting nose drops such as Afrin. This works for many of my patients as well. Some headache specialists would put these headaches into two separate groups, cluster headaches and histamine headaches.
Women do get headaches from allergies.
But since the symptoms are the same, I don't think they are different. However, headaches from sinus congestion may be somewhat similar and have to be treated differently. This fall, I am attending a meeting on the latest in headaches and will tell you about it in detail, as well as discuss the various other kinds of headaches that we need to consider. If you get frequent or severe headaches, consult your doctor about them because there are some very serious diseases that start with headaches as the first symptom. Usually, problems are not serious and are easy to correct.