3.4.2 Hemicrania continua, unremitting subtype

A 49-year-old factory supervisor reports a persistent right-sided headache, there every day for roughly three months, layered on top of a problem she says has been present for nearly a year in total. She reports that moving about, especially standing and walking on the factory floor, aggravates the pain further, so much that she has requested lighter duties at work. On bad days the pain reaches a severe level, though it never fully clears even on better days. She describes brief windows of relief, none of which has lasted a whole day - the longest was around twenty-three hours by her watch. Following a treatment-dose trial of an anti-inflammatory drug, the pain resolved fully within several days.