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By Mayo Clinic staffAny child can develop headaches, but they're more common in:
- Girls after they reach puberty
- Children who have a family history of headaches or migraines
References
- Bronthius DJ, et al. Approach to the child with headache. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Jan. 3, 2011.
- Cummings E, et al. Evaluation and management of headache in the pediatric patient. Emergency Medicine. 2009;41:36.
- Abu-Arafeh I, et al. Prevalence of headache and migraine in children and adolescents: A systematic review of population-based studies. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 2010;52:1088.
- Cruse RP. Management of migraine headache in children. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Jan. 3, 2011.
- Cruse RP. Pathophysiology, clinical features, and diagnosis of migraine in children. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Jan. 3, 2011.
- Monteith TS, et al. Tension type headache in adolescence and childhood: Where are we now? Current Pain and Headache Reports. 2010;14:424.
- Cruse RP. Tension-type headache in children. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Jan. 3, 2011.
- Lewis D, et al. Practice parameter: Pharmacological treatment of migraine headache in children and adolescents: Report of the American Academy of Neurology Quality Standards Subcommittee and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society. Neurology. 2004;63:2215.
- Lewis D, et al. Practice parameter: Evaluation of children and adolescents with recurrent headaches: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society. Neurology. 2002;59:490.
- Headaches in children. American Headache Society. http://www.achenet.org/education/patients/HeadachesinChildren.asp. Accessed Jan. 4, 2011.
- Anttila P. Tension-type headache in childhood and adolescence. The Lancet Neurology. 2006;5:268.
- Mahoney KR (expert opinion). Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Md. Jan. 10, 2011
- Internal analgesic, antipyretic and antirheumatic drug products for over-the-counter human use: Tentative final monograph. Federal Register.1988;53:46204.
- Mack KJ. An approach to children with chronic daily headache. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 2006;48:997.
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