Wydanie 3/2005
Zaburzenie akomodacji jako przyczyna bólów głowy - doniesienie wstępne
Accommodation Disturbance as a Cause of Headaches - Preliminary Report
Lidia Puchalska-Niedbał, Teresa Baranowska-George
Katedra i Klinika Okulistyki Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie Kierownik: prof. dr hab. med. Danuta Karczewicz
Summary: Purpose: We have to
pay attention to the accommodation dysfunction as a
cause of headache in young people.
Methods: 7 patients aged 11-18 years came to the
emergency unit with headache. They were examined by few
ophthalmologists and neurologists without finding any
cause of headache.
In all 7 patients accommodation dysfunction was found.
We treated patients with Vit. B1 and exercises with
-3.0D eyeglass to near distance.
Results: Headache disappeared in all patients
after treatment with Vit. B1 iontophoresis.
Conclusion:
1. It is necessary to check accommodation in all
patients complaining of headache.
2. Accommodative improvement is not permanent and
require periodical repeating of Vit. B1 and exercises
with -3.0D.
Keywords: headache, accommodation disturbances.