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Icepick headache: This type of headache is classified under "primary stabbing headache". The condition produces transient and localised stabs of pain in the head that occur spontaneously in the absence of organic disease of underlying structures or of the cranial nerves. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Icepick headache is available below.
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