Pediatrics

Tenderness

Neurological examination

Surgery

Physical therapy

Asymptomatic

Physical examination

Anxiety

Odds ratio

Psychiatry

Palpation

Medicine

Tension headache

Migraine

Phonophobia

Anesthesia

Internal medicine

Aura

Neurology

Objective Our objective was to study the prevalence of different headache types, characterizations, and triggers of headache in Finnish children starting school. Methods Questionnaires were sent to 1,132 families with 6-year-old children. Children with headache disturbing their daily activities (n = 96) and an asymptomatic control group of children (n = 96) participated in a clinical interview and examination. Results Children with headache had significantly more bruxism (odds ratio [OR], 1.9; 95% CI, 1.0 to 3.4), tenderness in the occipital muscle insertion areas (OR, 4.8; 95% CI, 1.8 to 12.7), and tenderness in the temporomandibular joint areas (OR, 2.8; 95% CI, 1.3 to 6.0). They also had more travel sickness (OR, 3.4; 95% CI, 1.7 to 6.7) than control children. Eating ice cream (OR, 5.3; 95% CI, 1.4 to 20.31, fear (OR, 3.7; 95% CI, 1.2 to 11.21, and anxiety (OR, 3.2; 95% GI, 1.0 to 10.8) triggered headache more often in migraineurs than in children with tension-type headache. Children w...

Childhood headache at school entry