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Review
. 2021 Jan 6;24(12):81.
doi: 10.1007/s11916-020-00915-2.

The Impact of Parental Migraine on Children

Maya Marzouk  1 , Elizabeth K Seng  2   3
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Review

The Impact of Parental Migraine on Children

Maya Marzouk et al. Curr Pain Headache Rep. .

Abstract

Purpose of review: This review surveys our current understanding of the impact of parental migraine on children. Understanding the impact of migraine on others in a family unit is critical to describing the full burden of migraine and to developing psychosocial supportive interventions for patients and their families.

Recent findings: Having a parent with migraine is associated with several early developmental features including infant colic. Adolescent children of parents with migraine self-report their parent's migraine interferes with school and activities and events. Further, migraine is perceived to impact the relationship between the parent and child. Having a parent with migraine increases a child's risk of having migraine, and having more severe migraine disease. However, children with migraine whose parent also has migraine appear to receive more early and aggressive treatment. The impact of migraine extends beyond the parent with migraine and influences children across biological, psychological, and social domains.

Keywords: Burden; Family; Migraine; Parental; Social.

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