II. Classification
- Brief Headache Syndrome
III. Precautions
- Headache that awakens a patient out of sleep is a Headache Red Flag
- Hypnic Headache is a diagnosis of exclusion
- First evaluate for Organic Headache (e.g. Intracranial Mass)
IV. Symptoms
V. Diagnosis (requires 2 of 3 criteria)
- Headache lasts more than 15 minutes after awakening (and typically <3 hours)
- Age over 50 years old
- Occurs more than 15 times per month
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| Definition (MSH) | A primary headache disorder which occurs exclusively during sleep and regularly awakes patients at a consistent time of night. |
| Concepts | Disease or Syndrome (T047) |
| MSH | D051270 |
| ICD9 | 339.81 |
| ICD10 | G44.81 |
| SnomedCT | 122711000119109 |
| Czech | hypnická cefalea, hypnická bolest hlavy |
| French | Céphalée du réveil, Mal de tête du réveil, Maux de tête du réveil |
| German | Schlafgebundener Kopfschmerz, Aufweck-Kopfschmerz, Schlafgebundenes Kopfschmerzsyndrom |
| English | hypnic headache (diagnosis), hypnic headache, Hypnic headache (associated with sleep), Hypnic headache (disorder), Hypnic headache, Headache Syndrome, Hypnic, Headache Syndromes, Hypnic, Hypnic Headache Syndrome, Hypnic Headache Syndromes, Alarm Clock Headaches, Alarm Clock Headache, Clock Headache, Alarm, Clock Headaches, Alarm, Headache, Alarm Clock, Headache, Hypnic, Headaches, Alarm Clock, Hypnic Headache |
| Norwegian | Hypnisk hodeverk, Hypnisk hodepine |
| Spanish | cefalea hípnica (trastorno), cefalea hípnica, cefalea producida durante el sueño, cefalea despertador |
