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Migraine linked to child sleep disorders
19 Apr 2008
Children with migraine could be at risk of developing sleep disorders such as sleep apnoea, research suggests.
A study looking at the effects of headaches on children's sleep patterns found that youngsters with migraine were twice as likely to suffer from sleep apnoea (sleep disordered breathing) as their peers.
The research, which involved 90 children with headache and sleep problems, used a polysomnogram, a sleep test monitoring the brain, eye movements, muscle activity, heart rhythm, and breathing.
Out of the total group, 60 children had migraine, 11 had chronic daily headache, six had tension headache and 13 had non-specific headache.
The study found sleep disordered breathing in 56 per cent of children with migraine compared to 30 per cent of children with non-migraine headache.
Severe migraine may also contribute to lack of sleep, make it harder for youngsters to fall asleep and cause shorter REM sleep, reducing the stage at which people can recall most of their dreams, researchers noted.
"Sleeping problems can exacerbate the problems migraine causes on a child's health and may hinder a child's performance at school," study author Martina Vendrame, from Temple University in Philadelphia which carried out the study, said.
"Parents and doctors need to be aware of the strong likelihood of sleep disorders in children with migraine and seek appropriate preventions and treatments."
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