Remission of hypnic headache associated with idiopathic cyclic edema with the use of aminaphtone.
Headache is one of the chief complaints among patients visiting primary care physicians. The aim of the current study is to report on a case of daily intermittent headaches in a patient with idiopathic cyclic edema. Over three years the patient suffered from headaches that started and improved at specific times. They began at about 5 to 6 o'clock in the morning and spontaneously disappeared 3 to 4 hours after getting up and thus were directly associated to sleep. The patient complained of generalized edema and had weight differences of about two kilograms between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. A hypothesis of idiopathic cyclic edema was reached and the patient was prescribed aminaphtone which cured the headaches within two days after initiating treatment.
Department Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery in Medicine School São José do Rio Preto-FAMERP and CNPq (National Council for Research and Development), Brazil.
José Maria Pereira
JM
de Godoy
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