Migraine is the most common cause of acute recurrent headaches in children. Even when headaches are benign, they may cause significant dysfunction of the child and family. It must be managed appropriately to minimize disability and optimize function. A disabling neurological disorder of varied etiologies that is responsible for a frequent health problem in children and adolescents is headache.
Migraine is the most common cause and accounts for more than half the cases of recurrent headaches in children. With such a high prevalence in school-aged children, migraine has significant effect on school attendance and family dynamics involved in caring for a sick child, with loss of job productivity and work attendance in parents. Pathophysiology The pathophysiological concepts believe that migraine is considered to originate in the brain, thus making it a neurological rather than vascular…
