| Abstract | Hypnic headache (HH) is a rare sleep-associated primary headache disorder that usually begins after the age of 60 years. Here we report a 19-year-old male with 4-year history of predominantly left sided HH. He is the youngest person reported who fulfills the IHS diagnostic criteria for HH. The patient had history of relapsing-remitting course. The headache occurred every night at a constant time in each relapse. It was non-throbbing, moderate to severe, for 30 min to 5 h, and usually after 3 h of sleep. The patient showed complete response to indomethacin (75 mg at bedtime). Frequent tapering of indomethacin was required to look for the remission phase. |
| Authors | Sanjay Prakash, Ajay S Dabhi
(Affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical College, SSG Hospital, Baroda, 390001, Gujarat, India, drprakashs at yahoo.co.in.)
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| Journal | The journal of headache and pain
(J Headache Pain)
Vol. 9
Issue 6
Pg. 393-5
(Dec 2008)
ISSN: 1129-2369 [Print] Italy |
| PMID | 18825303
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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