Table 7.
Key questions in taking the clinical history in a child with headache.
Acute headache | Tinte of onset Duration Localization Quality Intensity Premonitory symptoms Aura Associated vegetative symptoms Impairment of daily routine Ameliorating factors Aggravating factors Triggering factors Factors possibly associated to onset Efficacy of medications taken |
Additional features inrecurrent headache | Number of headache types Frequency Sequence of typical episode Impairment of quality of life |