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World J Clin Pediatr. Aug 8, 2014; 3(3): 59-68
Published online Aug 8, 2014. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v3.i3.59
Published online Aug 8, 2014. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v3.i3.59
Table 3 Concomitant symptoms and comorbidities in the seropositive anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG children with recurrent headaches
Pt | Concomitant symptoms | Comorbidities |
1 | Fatigue | Epilepsy, attention and concentration disturbances |
2 | Autoaggression | Epilepsy, behavior disturbances, psychomotor development delay |
3 | Vertigo, nausea and vomiting, discrete balance disturbances, photophobia | Infection of upper airways, right eustachitis, suspected allergic rhinitis |
4 | Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, photophobia | Allergic lesions of nasal mucosa and paranasal sinuses, heart systolic murmur (2/6), overweight, aggression and autoaggression behavioral disturbances, attention and concentration deficits, myoclonus during sleep |
5 | Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain | Allergy to dust and mites, serous rhinitis |
6 | Vertigo, changes of mood and behavior, fatigue | Frequent upper airway infections |
7 | Psychomotor slowdown, episodes of awareness (switch-offs) | Bronchial asthma, paranasal sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, obliteration of right optical nerve disc |
8 | Impairment of cognitive abilities, psychomotor hyperactivity, clumsy gait | Metachromatic leukodystrophy, significant peripheral nerve lesions-sensorial-motor axonal-demyelinating polyneuropathy |
9 | Nausea, photophobia, abdominal pain | Bronchial asthma, chronic eustachitis and rhinitis, allergy to dust |
10 | Photophobia, fatigue, hyperacusis, faintings, syncope | Eye refractive error, serous cerebrospinal meningitis at the age of 6 |
11 | Vertigo, hot flushes, weakness | Traffic accident injury of head and right thigh, diagnosed cerebral commotion, incisive wounds of forehead, nose and over upper lip, positive tetany tests-elevated plasma calcium levels |
12 | Aphasia, dysphasia, paresthesia of hands and forearms | Bronchial asthma |
13 | Chronic purulent tonsillitis, streptococcal infection, epilepsy (observation), sclerosis multiplex (observation) | |
14 | Fatigue | Epilepsy |
15 | Hyperacusis, drowsiness | Epilepsy, attention and concentration disturbances, impaired perception skill, eye-motor concentration disturbances, allergic rhinitis |
16 | Photophobia | |
17 | Individual incident of vertigo and limb numbness without loss of consciousness | Vision disorders and ventricular arrhythmia in anamnesis, left-eye divergent strabismus |
18 | Systemic vertigo, balance disturbances, nausea | Frequent upper airways infections, enlarged submandibular lymph nodes, right palpebral narrowing and discrete right-sided ptosis since early childhood |
19 | Nausea, vomiting, photophobia, numbness of tongue and right arm | Bronchial asthma, atopic dermatitis, mitral valve insufficiency |
- Citation: Prandota J, Gryglas A, Fuglewicz A, Żesławska-Faleńczyk A, Ujma-Czapska B, Szenborn L, Mierzwa J. Recurrent headaches may be caused by cerebral toxoplasmosis. World J Clin Pediatr 2014; 3(3): 59-68
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2219-2808/full/v3/i3/59.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5409/wjcp.v3.i3.59