primary headaches

Hypnic Headache is sometimes called "alarm clock headache."

Hypnic Headache: The Essentials

Sometimes called "alarm clock headache,"' Hynpic Headache is a is a rare primary headache disorder related to sleep. It develops only during the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep and wakes the patient from sleep. Serotonin and melotonin dysregulation may play an important part in Hypnic Headache.Read More →

Tension-Type Headache: The Essentials

Most people will have a Headache of some kind at some point. The most common of all Headache disorders is Tension-Type Headache. A World Health Organization report estimates that more than 70 percent of the population experiences Tension-Type Headache at some point.Read More →

Primary Stabbing Headache, aka Ice Pick Headache: The Essentials

Primary Stabbing Headache, aka "Ice Pick Headache" strikes suddenly with a searing bolt of pain, and before you can explain what happened, the pain is gone just as suddenly. They last mere seconds, but feel as if you've just been stabbed in the head with an ice pick.Read More →

Nummular Headache: The Essentials

Although rare, Nummular Headache causes moderate to severe pain, limited to one or more well-defined 1-6 cm round or elliptical areas on the scalp. The pain of Nummular Headache is nearly constant, although patients also report periodic spikes of intense pain in the affected locations. Read More →