The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the College of Pharmacy, University of Basrah, organized a seminar titled "The Relationship Between Vitamin B Deficiency and Headaches in Children and Adolescents."
The seminar featured a lecture delivered by Lecturer Rasha Naseer, who explained that headaches are a common chronic neurological disorder classified into primary and secondary headaches. Primary headaches include tension headaches, migraines, and cluster headaches. Secondary headaches occur as a result of another illness or condition in the body, such as head, neck, or facial injuries, tumors, or bleeding. They can also occur due to other causes like sinusitis and various infections.
The prevalence of headaches increases with age and is more common in women than in men. A high percentage of children and adolescents complain of primary headaches during their lifetime, and one of the principal causes is vitamin B12 deficiency, which affects nerves and blood vessels, triggering essential headaches.
Therefore, treatment with vitamin B supplements aims to correct this deficiency, making it the optimal treatment for headaches associated with a lack of vitamin B12. Ultimately, the seminar aimed to clarify and study the direct relationship between headaches and vitamin B12 deficiency.
