Current Pain and Headache Reports

, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp 292–299 | Cite as

Effective management of ice pick pains, SUNCT, and episodic and chronic paroxysmal hemicrania

  • Lawrence C. Newman
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Abstract

Idiopathic stabbing headaches, the SUNCT syndrome, and the paroxysmal hemicranias are a group of primary headache disorders that are characterized by brief, short-lived attacks of head pain, which recur multiple times throughout the day. These syndromes are much less prevelant than other types of primary headaches such as migraine and tension-type headaches but are significantly more disabling. Recognition of these uncommon disorders is important because their management differs from standard headache therapies.

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Migraine Sumatriptan Cluster Headache Trigeminal Neuralgia International Headache Society 
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  • Lawrence C. Newman
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  1. 1.St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital CenterThe Headache InstituteNew YorkUSA

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