Headache syndrome in children with autonomic dysfunction

Morbidity analysis of 350 children from somatic hospital has revealed clini cal manifestations of autonomic dystonia syndrome (ADS) in 36% of the cases in the form of gastrointestinal, cardiovascular disorders, headache syndro me, etc. It was found that in the patients with a prevalence of vagotonia c linical manifestations of ADS rose at earlier age and differed by more vari ety than in combined and sympathotonic types of autonomic homeostasis. Head ache syndrome was rather frequent in ADS and was observed in 35% of the pat ients. In children with vagotonic type of ADS, a headache syndrome presente d most frequently (43%) in the forms of migraine and headache of tension (H AT). Clinical manifestations of autonomic dystonia were more pronounced in children with HAT. Meanwhile, autonomic dysfunction had hereditary origin a nd was milder in periods between the attacks in cases of migraine.