hypnic headache

hypnic headache
a rare primary headache, occurring mainly in individuals over 50 years of age, that wakes the person from sleep, often at about the same time each night. Pain is dull, diffuse, and often bilateral and throbbing and lasts 15 minutes or longer.

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