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Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania (CPH) is a primary headache syndrome characterized by recurrent unilateral episodes of headache associated with cranial autonomic symptoms. Headaches are sharp and stabbing in nature and occur greater than five times per day, up to forty times per day in some cases.
Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania (CPH) is a severe debilitating unilateral headache usually affecting the area around the eye. It normally consists of multiple severe, yet short, headache attacks affecting only one side of the cranium.
You have chronic paroxysmal hemicrania if you get them every day or almost every day. It’s also called Sjaastad syndrome. You could have episodic paroxysmal hemicrania if you only get them...
There are two types of paroxysmal hemicrania: Chronic: Headache attacks happen daily for a year or longer. Symptom-free periods may happen but last fewer than three months. Episodic: There’s a break (more than three months) in between headache attacks.
People with paroxysmal hemicrania may also feel dull pain, soreness, or tenderness between attacks. Attacks typically occur from five to 40 times per day and last two to 30 minutes. The disorder has two forms: Chronic, in which attacks occur daily for a year or more.
Paroxysmal hemicrania is a rare but treatable primary headache disorder, meaning that it’s not caused by another condition. The name paroxysmal hemicrania describes the hallmark features of this headache: Paroxysmal means sudden recurrence or attack; Hemicrania means one-side of the head (unilateral or side-locked)
The TACs include cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania, short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks, and hemicrania continua . This topic will review the treatment and prognosis of paroxysmal hemicrania. Other clinical aspects of paroxysmal hemicrania are reviewed separately.
Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania is when a person experiences regular attacks for at least 1 year or longer. They will not experience any pain-free periods, or pain-free periods will last less...
Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania (CPH), also known as Sjaastad syndrome, was first described in 1974, by Sjaastad and Dale. In 1976, the term CPH was proposed by Sjaastad on the basis of the first 2...
Two years later, they named this disorder chronic paroxysmal hemicrania (CPH). The first patient described had daily headaches for 9 years that had been refractory to treatment. Sjaastad wrote, “In the course of testing corticosteroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, indomethacin proved to have a miraculous effect.” ...