3.2 Paroxysmal hemicraniaHartmut Gobel2018-02-06T10:05:11+00:00
Description:
Attacks of severe, strictly unilateral pain which is orbital, supraorbital, temporal or in any combination of these sites, lasting 2-30 minutes and occurring several or many times a day. The attacks are usually associated with ipsilateral conjunctival injection, lacrimation, nasal congestion, rhinorrhoea, forehead and facial sweating, miosis, ptosis and/or eyelid oedema. They respond absolutely to indomethacin.
Diagnostic criteria:
- At least 20 attacks fulfilling criteria B-E
- Severe unilateral orbital, supraorbital and/or temporal pain lasting 2-30 minutes
- Either or both of the following:
- at least one of the following symptoms or signs, ipsilateral to the headache:
- – conjunctival injection and/or lacrimation
- – nasal congestion and/or rhinorrhoea
- – eyelid oedema
- – forehead and facial sweating
- – miosis and/or ptosis
- a sense of restlessness or agitation
- at least one of the following symptoms or signs, ipsilateral to the headache:
- Occurring with a frequency of >5 per day1
- Prevented absolutely by therapeutic doses of indomethacin2
- Not better accounted for by another ICHD-3 diagnosis.
Notes:
- During part, but less than half, of the active time-course of 3.2 Paroxysmal hemicrania, attacks may be less frequent.
- In an adult, oral indomethacin should be used initially in a dose of at least 150 mg daily and increased if necessary up to 225 mg daily. The dose by injection is 100-200 mg. Smaller maintenance doses are often employed.
Comment:
In contrast to cluster headache, there is no male predominance. Onset is usually in adulthood, although