Managing pain in children. Changing treatment of headaches.
With growing understanding of the pain system and the variables that contribute to pain-suppressing mechanisms, treatments combining pharmacologic and psychologic methods are becoming the norm for managing pediatric pain. For headaches, however, the trend is away from medication and toward self-management strategies using relaxation, hypnosis, and lifestyle changes.
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Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006261:Headache / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017288:Pain Threshold