Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania (CPH), also known as Sjaastad syndrome, is a severe debilitating unilateral headache usually affecting the area around the eye. It normally consists of multiple severe, yet short, headache attacks affecting only one side of the cranium. It is more commonly diagnosed in women than in men, but, unlike a migraine, has no neurological symptoms associated with it. CPH headaches are treated through the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, with indomethacin found to be usually effective in eliminating symptoms. Paroxysmal hemicrania is classified by the frequency and duration of attacks experienced by patients. Episodic paroxysmal
Affliction (1997 film) most countries. After a limited release in New York in December 1998, it saw its regular US release in January 1999. The film received mostly positive reviews with an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Critic Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film 4 stars. Janet Maslin in "The New York Times" wrote "[Nick Nolte] gives the performance of his career in Paul Schrader's quietly stunning new film [...] Like "The Sweet Hereafter", a more meditative and elegant but less immediate, volcanic film, "Affliction" finds the deeper meaning in an all too believable tragedy." In a negative review in