Idiopathic stabbing headache in the juvenile population: a clinical study and review of the literature

Raieli, Vincenzo; Eliseo, Giovanni Luca; Vecchia, Michela La; Franca, Girolama La; Pandolfi, Eleonora; Puma, Domenico; Ragusa, Donatella; Eliseo, Mario

doi:10.1007/s101940200012

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“…Finally, our study shows the highest prevalence of the ISH in pre-school children in comparison with other ages, such as paediatric and adults [9,23,24]. This headache syndrome is probably more common than is believed.…”

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confidence: 51%

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Recurrent and chronic headaches in children below 6 years of age

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The objective was to determine the frequency of headache subtypes, according to International Headache Society (IHS) criteria, in a population of children below 6 years visiting a Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Headache in Youth. Medical records of the children below 6 years at their first visit, admitted for headache between 1997 and 2003, were studied. Headache was classified according to the IHS criteria 2004. Children with less than three headache attacks or less than 15 days of daily headache were excluded. We found 1598 medical records of children who visited our Headache Center in the study period. One hundred and five (6.5%) were children younger than 6 years. The mean age at the first medical control was 4.8±1.3 years (range 17-71 months). There were 59 males (56.1%) and 46 females (43.9%). The mean age at onset of headaches was 4.3 years (range 14-69 months). According to the IHS criteria we found 37 cases (35.2%) with migraine, 19 cases (18%) with episodic tension headache, 5 cases (4.8%) with chronic daily headache, 13 cases (12.4%) with primary stabbing headache, 18 cases (17.1%) with

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confidence: 51%

“…4. The PSH was present in 12.4%, a higher prevalence than that observed in the older age group [9]. The main features were: the very brief duration of attacks (maximum of a few seconds), the painful intensity associated with sudden painful grimace, the precise focal location pointed to by the child and the frequency of episodes (Table 4).…”

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Recurrent and chronic headaches in children below 6 years of age

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“…The prevalence of this kind of headache in children ranges from 3.3% (32) to 3.6% (33) to 5.1% (34), with onset during the first 10 years of age and, unlike in the adult, rarely associated with other kinds of primary headache (32)(33)(34).…”

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Primary Headaches in Preschool Age Children: Clinical Study and Follow-Up in 163 Patients

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Although headache frequency is increasing in preschool age children, an extensive evaluation of the clinical features in affected patients has yet to be achieved. This retrospective study examined 243 patients who were separately analysed in two distinct groups according to the age of onset and the age of first clinical evaluation. Group 1 included preschool age children, while Group 2 consisted of pubertal age patients. In all the patients the importance of a positive family history for headache as a risk factor was confirmed. In addition, when compared with Group 2, Group 1 showed greater male gender prevalence and earlier onset of the attacks. Regarding clinical features, in Group 1, compared with Group 2, the attack duration was shorter with lower symptom association such as photo- or phonophobia, nausea and no pain increase during physical activity. In the same group, tension-type headache was the predominant diagnosis, in contrast to the high migraine prevalence of Group 2. This study also showed that the International Headache Society 1988 classification criteria are not fully adequate for juvenile headaches. In fact, the headaches of more than 10% of patients in Group 1 still remained unclassifiable, while those of all the subjects in Group 2 were properly classifiable.

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“…However, most individuals seldom seek medical assistance due to the brief duration of attacks or low intensity. What's more, the diagnosis might often be ignored due to poor knowledge of the disorder [1,7].…”

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confidence: 99%