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Hereditary
Jun 1^st, 2016 at 3:19pm

My dad suffered from cluster headaches from his early 20's until his early 50's, then it just never came back. That was almost 20 years ago. I've always secretly hoped the same would happen to me. But reading through the posts I'm starting to think it may be the vermapril he takes for high blood pressure. Anyone else have a family member with ch's and has anyone's ch's just gone away?

Posted this as I had the train of thought. Apologies if it's a little rambling.

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Re: Hereditary
Reply #1 - Jun 1^st, 2016 at 9:23pm

Can't recall any referece to inheritance being a factor but we do see messages talking about in families.

But general comments say that it's common for Cluster to start around 20s and starts to decline areound the 50s, tapering off to zero. These are not estimates establishe by any study that I recall.

My pattern was starting about 35 and slowly tapering to zero in my mid-60s.

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Bob P CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Shut up Bob! Posts: 4573 Clio,California Gender:	Re: Hereditary Reply #2 - Jun 2^nd, 2016 at 7:17am Mine started in my early 20s and quit about 10 years ago at age 55.
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BobG CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 6422 St. George, UT Gender:	Re: Hereditary Reply #3 - Jun 2^nd, 2016 at 9:02am My cluster attacks started at about age 27. They are still with me at 69. I have never been told of anyone on either side of the family that suffered cluster headaches.
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Mike NZ CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Oxygen rocks! D3 too! Posts: 3785 Auckland, New Zealand Gender:	Re: Hereditary Reply #4 - Jun 2^nd, 2016 at 7:39pm There has been some linkage for a genetic link for a small proportion of people with CH. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or But for the vast majority of people there seems to be no genetic linkage.
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maryo CH.com Veteran Offline Johnny & Roy puzzle where to apply the O2 mask Posts: 171 x1\|Little Deer Isle\|USA\|usa\|536\|53\|ME,Maine Gender:	Re: Hereditary Reply #5 - Jun 3^rd, 2016 at 9:40pm My brother (who died at age 73) had them. Mine started at 28. This year (age 64) they became chronic.
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maz CH.com Hall of Famer Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 1071 Hampshire, England Gender:	Re: Hereditary Reply #6 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 1:42pm Mine started at 57. Episodic to start with, but chronic for the last 18 months. But it's much less severe than it used to be. Maybe that's the D3.
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Peter510 CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give out... But don't give in. Posts: 966 Wexford. Ireland Gender:	Re: Hereditary Reply #7 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 2:08pm Maz, No maybe about it. I got hit first at 42. Turned chronic at 54 and much much more manageable since starting D3. I have no doubts that D3 works. Peter.
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maz CH.com Hall of Famer Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 1071 Hampshire, England Gender:	Re: Hereditary Reply #8 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 3:03pm Peter, I don't doubt it. My CH is more frequent now, but much less severe. I much prefer it this way than the seasonal kip 10s. No cycles or seasons any more. Talking of seasons - what's the weather like now over on the Emerald Isle. It's like bloody November here.
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Peter510 CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give out... But don't give in. Posts: 966 Wexford. Ireland Gender:	Re: Hereditary Reply #9 - Jun 4^th, 2016 at 3:26pm Maz, Unusually, there is not a cloud in the sky for the last week and temperatures are 19/22. Beautiful weather. I'm playing loads of golf...lovely. Sorry to sound smug, but this weather doesn't happen here too often. Peter.
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shooky CH.com Veteran Offline 33 years of CH. Posts: 193 TLV Israel Gender:	Re: Hereditary Reply #10 - Jun 5^th, 2016 at 7:03pm I got my first hit at the age of 11. That's 33 years ago. It's nice to think they might just stop one day, but in the past few years I really learned how to live with the beast (Regimen+O2+Imitrex etc.), so life is good...
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