CAUSES AND CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF PHYSICAL PAIN IN CHILDHOOD
Autori:
Zora Zakanj
Sažetak
Sažetak. Bol je najčešći simptom patološkog zbivanja u dječjoj dobi, a prezentira se različitim kliničkim simptomima. Povezana je s fizičkom i psihičkom patnjom djeteta, a uklanjanju boli danas se pridaje premalo pažnje u pedijatrijskoj populaciji. Cilj ovog rada je prikazati patofiziološki mehanizam nastanka akutne i kronične boli u dječjoj dobi te predočiti kliničke simptome, uzroke boli i diferencijalnu dijagnozu prema organskim sustavima: glavobolje, bol u prsnom košu, bol u abdomenu, bol u leđima.
Summary
Summary. Pain is the most common symptom of pathological process in childhood, presenting with different clinical symptoms. Pain can produce physical and psychical distress in the child, and its management is rarely practiced in pediatric population. The aim of this review is to present patophysiological mechanism of acute and chronic pain in childhood, its clinical signs, the causes of pain, and also differential diagnosis regarding organ systems: headache, chest pain, abdominal pain, and neck pain.
