Most children who suffer chronic daily headaches may outgrow the disabling condition.
Most children who suffer chronic daily headaches may outgrow the disabling condition.
To assess the long-term outcome of chronic daily headache (CDH) in teenagers, researchers from Taiwan followed 122 children in middle school with chronic daily headache between the ages of 12 and 14 years old. Chronic daily headache was defined as experiencing 15 or more headache days per month, with each headache lasting for two hours or longer.
It was noted that 60 percent of the children no longer had chronic daily headache after one year and 75 percent no longer had headaches after two years. After eight years, only 12 percent of the 103 children tested still suffered chronic daily headache. However, 75 percent of the children periodically suffered migraine headache or probable migraine headache, while 11 percent became headache free after eight years.
The above results suggest that there is hope for children who experience these headaches and for their parents, who also deal with the frustration and considerable disability that this condition can bring.
To assess the long-term outcome of chronic daily headache (CDH) in teenagers, researchers from Taiwan followed 122 children in middle school with chronic daily headache between the ages of 12 and 14 years old. Chronic daily headache was defined as experiencing 15 or more headache days per month, with each headache lasting for two hours or longer.
It was noted that 60 percent of the children no longer had chronic daily headache after one year and 75 percent no longer had headaches after two years. After eight years, only 12 percent of the 103 children tested still suffered chronic daily headache. However, 75 percent of the children periodically suffered migraine headache or probable migraine headache, while 11 percent became headache free after eight years.
The above results suggest that there is hope for children who experience these headaches and for their parents, who also deal with the frustration and considerable disability that this condition can bring.
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