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[Risk factors in headache in children from 7 to 15]
D de S Carvalho1, E Zukerman, S N Hanuch
1Disciplina de Neurologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina.
Insights
Childhood migraine is linked to several symptoms like abdominal pain, dizziness, and motion sickness. Family history also plays a role, suggesting potential migraine risk factors in children.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Neurology
- Clinical Epidemiology
Background:
- Migraine is a common neurological disorder with significant impact on children's quality of life.
- Identifying associated symptoms and risk factors in pediatric migraine is crucial for early diagnosis and management.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the association between specific symptoms (sleep troubles, abdominal pain, motion sickness, hyperactivity, dizziness, limb pain, cyclic vomiting, pseudoangine) and family history of headache/migraine in children with migraine.
- To compare the prevalence of these factors in children with migraine versus non-headache sufferers.
Main Methods:
- A comparative study involving 68 children diagnosed with migraine and 68 age-matched controls (7-15 years) without headache history.
- Data collection focused on the presence of specific symptoms and family history of headache or migraine.
Main Results:
- Migraine sufferers showed a significant predominance of recurrent abdominal pain, motion sickness, hyperactivity, dizziness, and family history of headache/migraine compared to controls.
- Pseudoangine showed no significant difference between groups.
- Sleep troubles were significant in male migraineurs, while limb pains were significant in female migraineurs.
Conclusions:
- Recurrent abdominal pain, motion sickness, hyperactivity, dizziness, and family history are potential risk factors for childhood migraine.
- Gender-specific associations exist for sleep troubles and limb pain in pediatric migraine sufferers.
- Further research is warranted to confirm these factors as definitive migraine risk factors.
Abstract:
The occurrence of sleep troubles, recurrent abdominal pain, motion sickness, hyperactivity, dizziness, limb pain, cyclic vomiting, pseudoangine and the headache or migraine family history have been studied in 68 children migraine sufferers and compared to 68 non-headache sufferers whose ages range from 7 to 15. Data have revealed a significant predominance of those symptoms and family histories in migraine sufferers except pseudoangine which has had no significance, sleep troubles significant only in males and limb pains in females. The possibility of considering those factors as migraine risk factors is discussed.