Ice pick headache
Ice pick headache
- Idiopathic or primary stabbing headache
- Ultra-brief stabs of pain
- Most common site – in the frontal or temporal area
- Not associated with any cranial autonomic symptoms
- Known to be associated with nausea, vomiting, photophobia, and dizziness
- Two forms: primary and secondary
- Secondary causes – herpes zoster meningoencephalitis, meningiomas, stroke, and multiple sclerosis.
- Indomethacin responsive headaches – Ice pick headache is a type of Indomethacin responsive headaches