Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias

While it's common for people with Migraine to also experience Primary Stabbing Headaches, SUNCT and SUNA can both be confused with these "ice pick" headaches. Primary Stabbing Headache, SUNCT, and SUNA all involve brief, stabbing pain. That is where the similarities end.
SUNCT & SUNA

While it's common for people with Migraine to also experience Primary Stabbing Headaches, SUNCT and SUNA can both be confused with these "ice pick" headaches. Primary Stabbing Headache, SUNCT, and SUNA all involve brief, stabbing pain. That is where the similarities end. Read More →
Paroxysmal Hemicrania

Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias are characterized by severe pain, nasal congestion, runny nose, involuntary tears, eyelid drooping, and more. One such TAC, paroxysmal hemicrania, is often overlooked. Its symptoms are similar to cluster headache, except attacks are shorter and more frequent.Read More →
Hemicrania Continua

Hemicrania Continua is a trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia with symptoms are sometimes mistaken as Migraine. Unlike Migraine, which is made worse by movement, people with Hemicrania Continua are restless, agitated, and unable to be still during attacks. It is also characterized by severe pain and autonomic symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, involuntary tears, eyelid drooping or swelling, and facial sweating.Read More →
Cluster Headache

Cluster headache, nicknamed "suicide headache", is a neurological disease that involves, as its most prominent feature, excruciating pain. "Cluster" refers to the tendency of these headaches to occur periodically, with active periods interrupted by spontaneous remissions. The cause of the disease is currently unknown.Read More →