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The Prevalence of Headache and Migraine in Atopic Children: An Epidemiological Study in General Practice
Author(s) -
Mortimer M.J.,
Kay J.,
Gawkrodger D.J.,
Jaron A.,
Barker D.C
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1993.hed3308427.x
Subject(s) - migraine , atopy , medicine , epidemiology , headaches , pediatrics , asthma , population , psychiatry , environmental health
SYNOPSIS The lifetime prevalence of headache and migraine was assessed in an unselected sample of atopic (asthma, eczema or rhinitis) children in a general practice population of known socio‐economic and age/sex composition. Maternal migraine was also recorded. The prevalence of both headache and migraine was significantly and proportionally higher in children with atopic disorders compared to those without. Childhood migraine was associated with atopy and the association was strongest with rhinitis. Rhinitis in children was associated with maternal migraine. A history of atopy (especially rhinitis) supports the diagnosis of migraine in young children with paroxysmal headaches.