condition

Migraine

Migraine is the most frequent type of recurrent headache that is brought to the attention of parents and primary care providers, but it remains underrecognized and undertreated, particularly in children and adolescents. Migraine is characterized by episodic attacks that may be moderate to severe in intensity, focal in location on the head, have a throbbing quality, and associated with nausea, vomiting, light sensitivity, and/or sound sensitivity. Compared with migraine in adults, pediatric migraine may be shorter in duration and has a bilateral, often bifrontal, location. Migraine can also be associated with an aura that may be typical (visual, sensory, or dysphasic) or atypical (hemiplegic, Alice in Wonderland syndrome) (Tables 613.2 to 613.6). In addition, a number of migraine variants have been described and, in children, include abdominally related symptoms without headache, and components of the periodic syndromes of childhood.

Ref:
May, Migraine, Editor(s): Harald Kristian (Kris) Heggenhougen, International Encyclopedia of Public Health, Academic Press, 2008, Pages 458-462, ISBN 9780123739605, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00023-X.

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Added on May 21, 2022 by Barbara Van De Keer
Edited on Aug 29, 2022 by Barbara Van De Keer

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