Paroxysmal hemicrania is another rare form of headache. Its symptoms are very similar to those of cluster headaches, though a paroxysmal hemicrania does not last as long. While a cluster headache ...
Migraine is many things, but one thing it's not is "just a headache." "Migraine" comes from the Greek word "hemicrania," referring to the common experience of migraine being predominantly one-sided.
hemicrania; ‘in multitudes,’ wandering rheumatic pains; in others violent sciatics; in some griping of the bowels” (Creighton, 1894). This “epidemic of colds and fever – probably influenza – may have ...