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Table 14

From: Reference programme: diagnosis and treatment of headache disorders and facial pain. Danish Headache Society, 3rd edition, 2020

 

Cluster headache

Paroxysmal hemicrania

SUNCT

Epidemiology

 Gender ratio (M:F)

2–4:1

1:2–3

8–12:1

 Prevalence

0,9%

0,02%

Very rare

 Typical age of onset

20–40 years of age

20–40 years of age

20–50 years of age

Pain

 Character

Drilling/stabbing/squeezing

Drilling

Stabbing

 Intensity

Very severe

Severe

Severe

 Localization

Periorbital

Orbital, temporal

Orbital, temporal

 Attack duration

15–180 min

2–30 min

1–600 s.

 Attack frequency

1–8 per day

1–40 per day

3–200 per day

 Autonomic symptoms

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Effect of indomethacin

No

Yes

No

 Attack treatment

Oxygen 12–15 l/min Inj. Sumatriptan Nasal spray sumatriptan

None

None

 Prophylactic treatment

Verapamil, prednisone

Indomethacin

Lamotrigine, Topiramate, Gabapentin