What is the department for headaches in children

Depending on the severity of the headache and the accompanying symptoms, the department in which the headache occurs in a child should be chosen. The main departments that are often consulted are pediatric internal medicine, pediatric neurology, otorhinolaryngology or ophthalmology. 1. Pediatric internal medicine: If a child has an acute headache accompanied by symptoms such as coughing, nasal congestion and runny nose, it is often considered that the headache may be caused by an upper respiratory tract infection, and it is recommended to consult pediatric internal medicine in this case. 2. Pediatric Neurology: If children have headaches for a long time, and the headache symptoms are severe and intolerable, and often nausea, vomiting symptoms, this case, it is considered that it may be due to brain tumors, encephalitis, meningitis and other diseases, it is recommended to consult the Pediatric Neurology Department. 3. Otorhinolaryngology or ophthalmology: If the headache is caused by glaucoma or sinusitis, it is recommended to consult ophthalmology or otorhinolaryngology. When children have headache symptoms, especially frequent recurrence of headache, should be timely to the regular hospital, diagnose the cause, give targeted treatment and conditioning.