title: Medical Comorbidities in Pediatric Headache.
abstract: Comorbid conditions frequently occur in pediatric headaches and may significantly affect their management. Comorbidities that have been associated with pediatric headaches include attention-deficit or hyperactivity disorder, autism, developmental disabilities, depression, anxiety, epilepsy, obesity, infantile colic, atopic disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, and irritable bowel syndrome. The goal of this article is to review these comorbidities associated with pediatric headache, thereby empowering child neurologists to identify common triggers and tailor management strategies that address headache and its comorbidities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, OH.
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Samata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singhi
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: jgladstein@peds.umaryland.edu.
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gladstein
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019468:Disease Management; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006261:Headache / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics