Pain affecting one side of the head.
he had shown that carotid pressure relieved the pain of hemicrania
Example sentencesExamples
- In an earlier paper he had shown that carotid pressure relieved the pain of hemicrania.
- Although similar to cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania headaches are briefer and are treated effectively with indomethacin.
- Paroxysmal hemicrania is characterized by attacks of intense periorbital pain lasting 5 to 30 minutes and occurring up to dozens of times a day.
- Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania or cluster headache attacks are never evoked by tactile stimuli.
- Hemicrania continua is not triggered by neck movements, but tender spots in the neck may be present.