What to do when you can't find the source of a child's pain
Physical symptoms in children don’t always align with an identifiable cause. So how do you treat them?
30th November 2017
Up to 20% of children who present to healthcare providers do not have an identifiable physical cause for their symptoms.1
Around 10-30% of children report weekly headache, 5-7% report abdominal pain, and up to 50% of adolescents report fatigue, all without a clear cause.1
This presents an additional challenge, along with those typically seen in paediatric populations due to their age, developmental phase, language skills and sometimes general crankiness.
Assessment can be challenging as symptoms