Headache in Children and Adolescents: A Focus on Uncommon Headache Disorders

Migraine and tension-type headache are common in children and adolescents, but several other headache disorders may pose a great challenge in diagnosis and management to families and attending clinicians. In this review, we highlight several of these disorders, which need appropriate assessment to m...

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Published inIndian pediatrics Vol. 58; no. 8; pp. 757 - 764
Main Authors Abu-Arafeh, Ishaq, Valeriani, Massimiliano, Prabhakar, Prab
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Springer India 01.08.2021
Subjects
Maternal and Child Health
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatrics
Review Article
Stabbing headache
Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia
Migraine
Thunderclap headache
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ISSN0019-6061
0974-7559
0974-7559
DOI10.1007/s13312-021-2287-2

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Summary:Migraine and tension-type headache are common in children and adolescents, but several other headache disorders may pose a great challenge in diagnosis and management to families and attending clinicians. In this review, we highlight several of these disorders, which need appropriate assessment to make the right diagnosis and appropriate investigations where necessary. Timely recognition and implementation of appropriate management strategies can improve the health of children with some disorders, and is vital in achieving improvement in the quality of life.
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ISSN:0019-6061
0974-7559
0974-7559
DOI:10.1007/s13312-021-2287-2