Headache patterns

  • Headcahe patterns

    1. Acute recurrent
      • Migraine (common, classical, complicated)

    2. Chronic non-progressive
      • Tension 
      • Anxiety
      • Depression
      • Somatisation

    3. Chronic progressive
      • Tumour
      • Benign intracranial hypertension
      • Brain abcess
      • Hydrocephalus

    4. Acute on Chronic non-progressive
      • Tension headache with coexistant migraine

    (it may be helpful to show the child / family this chart and to ask them to identify the pattern themselves)