title: [Idiopathic headache in children].
abstract: According to literature data, headaches occur in about 40% of preschool children and up to 70% of the children at school age. Most of the headaches, especially in school children, are idiopathic. Symptomatic headaches accompanying a diversity of diseases occur in a small percentage. The idiopathic headaches are the ones in which the pain is not only the main symptom but also the essence of the disease itself. Other idiopathic headaches include: migraine, tension-type headache and Horton headache. The diagnostic and therapeutic problems in idiopathic headaches are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Neurologii Dzieci i Młodziezy, Instytutu Matki i Dziecka w Warszawie.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szczepanik
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006261:Headache / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans