{"title":"Management of migraine in children and adolescents.","authors":"Ishaq Abu-Arafeh, Rachel Howells","doi":"10.1016/B978-0-12-823357-3.00034-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Successful management of migraine in childhood and adolescence starts with making the correct diagnosis, assessing the impact of migraine on the child/adolescent's quality of life including impact on education, family life, and social activities. Understanding the child's and family's concerns and reasons for seeking medical advice is an important starting point in the management plan. Pharmacological treatment should go hand-in-hand with appropriate advice on maintaining a healthy life style, avoidance of triggers and aggravating factors, and exploring comorbid disorders that may influence response to treatment. Compared to those available for adult patients, pharmacologic treatment options for migraine in children and adolescents are relatively untested and limited at the present time. Therefore, an individual management plan on the appropriate use of medications, including the limitations of acute treatment and prevention of migraine, should be agreed and well understood by the patient, his/her carers, and school teachers, in order to achieve best results. Treatment of acute migraine episodes should be given as early as possible after onset of headache using an appropriate dose to child's age and weight and in the correct formulation and route of administration. Preventive treatment should be given regularly in a dose titrated to achieve maximum benefit with least adverse effect for at least 6-8 weeks before a judgment is made on its efficacy. Regular monitoring of treatment response can be facilitated by prospective headache diaries and follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":12907,"journal":{"name":"Handbook of clinical neurology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Handbook of clinical neurology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823357-3.00034-3","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Successful management of migraine in childhood and adolescence starts with making the correct diagnosis, assessing the impact of migraine on the child/adolescent's quality of life including impact on education, family life, and social activities. Understanding the child's and family's concerns and reasons for seeking medical advice is an important starting point in the management plan. Pharmacological treatment should go hand-in-hand with appropriate advice on maintaining a healthy life style, avoidance of triggers and aggravating factors, and exploring comorbid disorders that may influence response to treatment. Compared to those available for adult patients, pharmacologic treatment options for migraine in children and adolescents are relatively untested and limited at the present time. Therefore, an individual management plan on the appropriate use of medications, including the limitations of acute treatment and prevention of migraine, should be agreed and well understood by the patient, his/her carers, and school teachers, in order to achieve best results. Treatment of acute migraine episodes should be given as early as possible after onset of headache using an appropriate dose to child's age and weight and in the correct formulation and route of administration. Preventive treatment should be given regularly in a dose titrated to achieve maximum benefit with least adverse effect for at least 6-8 weeks before a judgment is made on its efficacy. Regular monitoring of treatment response can be facilitated by prospective headache diaries and follow-up.
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The Handbook of Clinical Neurology (HCN) was originally conceived and edited by Pierre Vinken and George Bruyn as a prestigious, multivolume reference work that would cover all the disorders encountered by clinicians and researchers engaged in neurology and allied fields. The first series of the Handbook (Volumes 1-44) was published between 1968 and 1982 and was followed by a second series (Volumes 45-78), guided by the same editors, which concluded in 2002. By that time, the Handbook had come to represent one of the largest scientific works ever published. In 2002, Professors Michael J. Aminoff, François Boller, and Dick F. Swaab took on the responsibility of supervising the third (current) series, the first volumes of which published in 2003. They have designed this series to encompass both clinical neurology and also the basic and clinical neurosciences that are its underpinning. Given the enormity and complexity of the accumulating literature, it is almost impossible to keep abreast of developments in the field, thus providing the raison d''être for the series. The series will thus appeal to clinicians and investigators alike, providing to each an added dimension. Now, more than 140 volumes after it began, the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series has an unparalleled reputation for providing the latest information on fundamental research on the operation of the nervous system in health and disease, comprehensive clinical information on neurological and related disorders, and up-to-date treatment protocols.
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