Contact Point Headache in Adolescence: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges

Abstract

One of the unusually rare headaches, known as contact point headache, is a new type of headache in the International Classification of Headaches, which is a major therapeutic challenge in addition to diagnosis. This is also one of the reasons that patients have wandered for years without diagnosis and adequate treatment. Unfortunately, chronic headache pain in the school-age population, especially in adolescence and teenagers, is not uncommon. Although the etiological factors are quite different, rhinogenic headaches, especially touch point headaches, are increasingly more common. It was recognized and described by Sluder in 1908, by which it was named, but it still does not receive enough attention.