Dalal Poonam, Singh Jagjit
J Indian Med Assoc. 2014 Feb;112(2):106-7, 109.
Headache is a common symptom in paediatric hospital practice, the causes may be primary or secondary. A study was conducted in department of paediatrics from May 2005 to February 2007 in order to find out common causes for recurrent headache in children. A total of hundred children in age range of 3-14 years were included in the study. Children with secondary headache were excluded from the study. Various clinical characteristics were studied and based on these, types of headache were categorised using International Headache Society criteria. The most common type of headache observed was migraine (46%) followed by tension headache (31%), psychogenic headache (8%), mixed migraine and tension headache (7%) and other non-specific recurrent headaches (8%). There was clear cut female preponderance in adolescent patients having migraine. Tension headache is becoming a matter of concern in paediatric age group probably due to more competitive and stressful environment.
头痛是儿科医院常见的症状，其病因可能是原发性的，也可能是继发性的。2005年5月至2007年2月在儿科进行了一项研究，以找出儿童复发性头痛的常见原因。该研究共纳入了100名年龄在3至14岁之间的儿童。继发性头痛的儿童被排除在研究之外。研究了各种临床特征，并在此基础上根据国际头痛协会的标准对头痛类型进行了分类。观察到最常见的头痛类型是偏头痛（46%），其次是紧张性头痛（31%）、心因性头痛（8%）、混合性偏头痛和紧张性头痛（7%）以及其他非特异性复发性头痛（8%）。患偏头痛的青少年患者中女性明显居多。紧张性头痛在儿科年龄组中日益受到关注，这可能是由于竞争和压力环境增加所致。
