Description:
Hemicrania continua characterized by pain that is not continuous but is interrupted by remission periods of at least 24 hours’ duration.
Diagnostic criteria:
- Headache fulfilling criteria for 3.4 Hemicrania continua, and criterion B below
- Headache is not daily or continuous, but interrupted (without treatment) by remission periods of ≥24 hours.
Comment:
3.4.1 Hemicrania continua, remitting subtype can arise de novo or from 3.4.2 Hemicrania continua, unremitting subtype.