Medical co-morbidities in pediatric headache
Co-morbid conditions frequently occur in pediatric headaches and may significantly affect their management. Co-morbidities that have been associated with pediatric headaches include attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, developmental disabilities, depression, anxiety, epilepsy, obesity, infantile colic, atopic disorders, inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome. The goal of this review is to elucidate common comorbidities associated with pediatric headache, thereby empowering child neurologists to identify common triggers and tailor management strategies that address headache and associated comor...
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Neurology - February 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Howard Jacobs, Samata Singhi, Jack Gladstein Source Type: research
Medical Comorbidities in Pediatric Headache
Comorbid conditions frequently occur in pediatric headaches and may significantly affect their management. Comorbidities that have been associated with pediatric headaches include attention-deficit or hyperactivity disorder, autism, developmental disabilities, depression, anxiety, epilepsy, obesity, infantile colic, atopic disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, and irritable bowel syndrome. The goal of this article is to review these comorbidities associated with pediatric headache, thereby empowering child neurologists to identify common triggers and tailor management strategies that address headache and its comorbidities...
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Neurology - February 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Howard Jacobs, Samata Singhi, Jack Gladstein Source Type: research
The Comorbidity of Migraine and Epilepsy in Children and Adolescents
Migraine and epilepsy share a number of clinical attributes, including pathophysiology and clinical expression. Both are paroxysmal in nature and thus constitute episodic disorders, yet either may be chronic and recurrent. Epileptic seizures and migraine headaches may be mistaken one for the other and may even overlap. In particular, occipital lobe seizures may be misdiagnosed as migraine auras. In this article we review the relationship between migraine and epilepsy, including the known genetic contributions to both conditions, prodromal, ictal and postictal headache and shared pathophysiology and treatment options betwee...
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Neurology - February 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Michael K. Sowell, Paul E. Youssef Source Type: research
The Comorbidity of Migraine and Epilepsy in Children and Adolescents
Migraine and epilepsy share a number of clinical attributes, including pathophysiology and clinical expression. Both are paroxysmal in nature and thus constitute episodic disorders, yet either may be chronic and/or recurrent. Epileptic seizures and migraine headaches may be mistaken one for the other and may even overlap. In particular, occipital lobe seizures may be misdiagnosed as migraine auras. In this article, we review the relationship between migraine and epilepsy, including the known genetic contributions to both conditions, prodromal, ictal, and postictal headache and shared pathophysiology and treatment options. ...
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Neurology - February 1, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Michael K. Sowell, Paul E. Youssef Source Type: research
Migraine and Puberty: Potential Susceptible Brain Sites
Puberty is a sensitive and critical period for brain development. The relationship between developmental processes in the brain during puberty and the onset of migraine disease in relation to the potential sites of susceptibility in the brain remains largely unknown. There are little data on how such processes interact with each other in influencing the migraine onset during puberty or even later in adulthood. Focusing on the migraine brain during pubertal development may provide us with a “window of opportunity” to both better understand the mechanisms of the disease and also more importantly to effectively intervene....
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Neurology - February 1, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Nasim Maleki, Carolyn Bernstein, Vitaly Napadow, Alison Field Source Type: research
