Headache, Neuralgia Cephalea and Migraine
It is one of the most incapacitating types of cephalea. It prevails in women older than 34, generally triggering after they have given birth. For its diagnosis, patients should have had 50 episodes of similar characteristics. Crisis may last from 1 to 7 minutes, and they are short but very frequent. There can be up to 15 crisis in a single day. Pain is extremely intense. From the beginning, this type of cephalea is incapacitating, though it can vary from one crisis to another. It always occurs on the same side and never goes beyond the middle line of the face. It can start in the orbitary region and quickly spread to the other side of the face: frontal, temporal, occipital and auricular regions. Pain can be associated with the drop and edema of the eyelid corresponding to the side affected, as well as with lacrimation, an alteration of perspiration, and nasal blockage. People usually stay quiet during acute episodes, taking their heads in both their hands. It can be triggered by sudden movements of the head, or simply by sneezing.
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