title: Short-lived head pains.
abstract: There are several short-lived paroxysmal head pain syndromes, many of which are responsive to indomethacin, and some of which are potentially ominous. Included in this article are icepick headache, hypnic headache syndrome, chronic paroxysmal hemicrania, cough headache syndrome, coital headache, and thunderclap headache.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Raskin
mesh_terms: D003075:Coitus; D003371:Cough / Q000150:complications*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012890:Sleep