Primary stabbing headache

  1. Head pain occurring as a single stab or a series of stabs and fulfilling criteria B-D
  2. Exclusively or predominantly felt in the distribution of the first division of the trigeminal nerve (orbit, temple and parietal area)
  3. Stabs last for up to a few seconds and recur with irregular frequency ranging from one to many per day
  4. No accompanying symptoms
  5. Not attributed to another disorder