Table 2.
Anamnestic data useful in the assessment of children with headache.
| Headache Characteristics |
| Onset modalities (sudden onset, progressive) |
| Duration |
| Location (frontal, temporal, occipital, parietal) |
| Quality of pain (pulsating, severe) |
| Intensity |
| Premonitory symptoms |
| Aura |
| Association with vegetative symptoms (dizziness, sweating, etc.) |
| Association with neurological symptoms (ictal episodes, walking impairment, speech impairment, diplopia, etc.) |
| Triggering factors (stress, sleep deprivation, coughing, Valsalva maneuver) |
| Alleviating factors (rest, staying in the dark) |
| Efficacy of analgesic therapy |
| Proximate pathological history |
| Recent trauma |
| Fever |
| Remote pathological history |
| Primary headache |
| Neurocutaneous disorders (e.g., neurofibromatosis) |
| Congenital heart disease |
| Immunodeficiency |
| Neoplasms |
| Coagulopathies |
| Peritoneal ventricular shunts |
| Family history |
| Primary headache |
| Neurocutaneous disorders |
| Congenital heart disease |
| Immunodeficiencies |
| Coagulopathies |
| Primary headache |
| Neurocutaneous disorders |