RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 RECURRENT ABDOMINAL PAIN, HEADACHE AND LIMB PAINS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
JF Pediatrics
JO Pediatrics
FD American Academy of Pediatrics
SP 429
OP 436
VO 50
IS 3
A1 Øster, Jakob
YR 1972
UL http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/50/3/429.abstract
AB The prevalence of recurrent abdominal pain, headache, and growing pains has been investigated in an eight-year long longitudinal study on the basis of a nonselected population of school children. The prevalence of these pains was 14.4%, 20.6%, and 15.5%, respectively. Abdominal pain seems to reach a maximum at 9 years of age and headache about three years later. All three sorts of pain show a declining frequency toward adulthood. The ultimate prognosis appears to be dubious. An inquiry into the families of children with and without recurrent pain shows that these pains are part of a reaction pattern in families with an exceptional pain proneness.