Hemicrania continua for the headache. When the symptoms of hemicrania continua are present, it's considered "diagnostic" if they respond completely to indomethacin. The efficacy of indomethacin may not be long term for all patients, as can eventually become ineffective. The factor that allows hemicrania continua and its exacerbations to be differentiated from migraine and cluster headache is that hemicrania continua is completely responsive to indomethacin. Triptans and other abortive medications do not affect hemicrania continua. In addition to persistent daily headache of HC, which is usually mild to moderate (and frequently severe), HC can present other symptoms. These additional symptoms of HC
Affliction (Hamilton novel) of the flesh-eating zombies in time to save Micah’s father. Critical reception for "Affliction" was mostly positive. "Publisher’s Weekly" called Hamilton’s take on zombies 'invigorating', while Kirkus lamented that much of the book consisted of Anita ‘preaching to the choir’. Several reviews mentioned the series' longevity, including the British Fantasy Society, who noted "The reader needs to feel that the events that take place are sufficiently different from previous novels in the sequence to continue to hold interest" and felt Hamilton had done enough to encourage both new and old readers. In 2013, "Affliction" made the "New York Times" bestseller