Hypnic Headache
@article{Evers2005HypnicH, title={Hypnic Headache}, author={Stefan Evers and Peter J. Goadsby}, journal={Practical Neurology}, year={2005}, volume={5}, pages={144 - 149} }
INTRODUCTION Hypnic headache is a rare episodic headache syndrome first described by Raskin in 1988. It has also been called ‘clockwise headache’ or ‘alarm-clock headache’ (Newman et al. 1990). More than 80 similar cases have been reported and our recent systematic review of all published cases described the typical clinical picture and treatment options (Evers & Goadsby 2003). Characteristically, many times a month, a dull pain wakens the patient from sleep, it lasts for more than 15 min…
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Hypnic headache: an update
- Medicine, PsychologyNeurological Sciences
- 2006
Sufficient evidence, mainly from polysomnographic studies, indicates that HH is a primary rapid eye movement (REM) sleep-related headache disorder of chronobiological origin and Lithium, melatonin, indomethacin and caffeine at bedtime are among the most effective therapeutic options.
Hypnic headache
- Psychology, MedicineNeurology
- 2003
The analysis shows that hypnic headache most probably is an entity among the idiopathic headache disorders unassociated with structural lesions and does not belong to the trigeminal-autonomic cephalalgias.
Hypnic headache in childhood: A literature review
- Medicine, PsychologyJournal of the Neurological Sciences
- 2015
Acoustic neuroma presenting as a hypnic headache
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A 40-year-old woman with Acoustic neuroma that presented with 4 months of generalised, throbbing, nocturnal headaches that woke her from sleep is described, advocating for neuroimaging to exclude structural causes.
Other Primary Headache Disorders
- Medicine, PsychologyContinuum
- 2021
Patients with primary headache disorders that are classified as “other primary headaches disorders” have presentations with unique diagnostic and management considerations, and an appreciation of the diagnoses will aid clinicians in providing safe and effective care for patients presenting with headache.
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Patient With Hypnic Headache: A Case Study
- Medicine, PsychologyHeadache
- 2013
A case of hypnic headache is reported, in which the patient had elevated blood pressure during sleep and was diagnosed by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and responded to therapy with beta-blocker.
European headache federation consensus on technical investigation for primary headache disorders
- Medicine, PsychologyThe Journal of Headache and Pain
- 2016
The consensus recommends brain MRI for the case of migraine with aura that persists on one side or in brainstem aura and brain MRI with detailed study of the pituitary area and cavernous sinus for all TACs.
First Austrian Case of Hypnic Headache: Serial Polysomnography and Blood Pressure Monitoring in Treatment With Indomethacin
- Medicine, PsychologyCephalalgia : an international journal of headache
- 2008
According toICHD-II, subjects complaining of exclusively sleep-related dull headache can be diagnosed with hypnicheadache if at least two of the following are present: occurrence > 15 times per month; duration of pain for 15 min after waking; age at onset after50 years.
Description of series of 10 patients with hypnic headache: Discussion of the diagnostic criteria.
- Medicine, PsychologyNeurologia
- 2015
Remission of Hypnic Headache Associated with Idiopathic Cyclic Edema with the Use of Aminaphtone
- Medicine, PsychologyThe open neurology journal
- 2010
A case of daily intermittent headaches in a patient with idiopathic cyclic edema who was prescribed aminaphtone which cured the headaches within two days after initiating treatment.
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