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Prevalence of Headache in Children with Epilepsy

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Abstract

Background: Epilepsy is a common pediatric health problem that urges parents to seek medical advice. However, it could be associated with prodromal manifestation [e.g., headache] that the parents usually pass unnoticed. Previous literature is defective regarding the prevalence of headaches among children with epilepsy.
Aim of the work: Estimating the prevalence and characteristics of headaches associated with epilepsy in pediatric populations.
Patients and methods: We included 130 children with epilepsy [study group] and 130 healthy children as a control group. All were selected from Al-Azhar University Hospitals [new Damietta]. An inquiry about headache and its characteristics, especially in relation to seizure attacks, had been performed.
Results: Children with epilepsy had a higher rate of headache when compared to healthy children [48.5% versus 22.3%];migraine is the commonest type in the epileptic group and tension-type headache in the control group. In children with epilepsy, headaches were associated with a higher rate of generalized epileptiform activity, increased frequency of seizures, and monotherapy use.
Conclusion: Headache is highly prevalent among children with epilepsy and necessitates proper screening, further investigations, and proper treatment. Future studies to investigate the problem on a wide scale are warranted.

DOI

10.21608/ijma.2020.43838.1180

Keywords

headache, Migraine, Tension headache, Epilepsy, Pediatrics

Authors

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Sherief M.

Last Name

Al shazly

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Department of Neurology, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

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sheriefshazly19@gmail.com

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First Name

Hany

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El-khaleegy

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Department of Pediatrics, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt.

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hanykhaleegy@yahoo.com

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3

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1

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21557

Issue Date

2021-01-01

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2020-09-22

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2021-01-01

Page Start

905

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912

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2636-4174

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2682-3780

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IJMA_Volume 3_Issue 1_Pages 905-912.pdf

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International Journal of Medical Arts

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Prevalence of Headache in Children with Epilepsy

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22 Jan 2023