A 41-year-old male patient presents to the emergency department complaining of severe headache pain. He describes it as a piercing, right-sided head pain that occurred earlier in the day for about 1 hour and now is recurring. You note lacrimation and rhinorrhea on the right side of the face. Which of the following types of headache is the patient describing?

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The patient's symptoms of severe, unilateral headache pain accompanied by lacrimation and rhinorrhea are characteristic of a cluster headache. Cluster headaches are known for their extreme pain and autonomic symptoms such as tearing and nasal congestion on the side of the headache.

A 41-Year-Old Male Patient Presents to the Emergency Department Complaining