Increased Risk Of Sleep Disorders In Children With Migraine: New Research

According to the research, children with migraine are at increased risk of sleep disorders like sleep apnea than children without migraine.

Severe migraine is associated with short total sleep time, long total time to fall asleep and short REM sleep.

Study was conducted on 90 children, who went for polysomnogram. This sleep test monitors the eye movements, brain, heart rhythm, breathing and muscle activity. In 90 children, who participated in study, 60 had migraine, 11 had chronic headache, 6 had chronic headache and 13 children had non-specific headache.

According to the study, children with migraine are twice at increased risk of sleep apnea, also known as sleep disordered breathing, than other children. Sleep disordered breathing was found in 56 percent of children with migraine than 30 percent of children with non-migraine headache.

The study also found that 50 percent of children with tension headache grind their teeth at night compared to 2.4 percent of children with non-tension headache.

According to the study author Martina Vendrame, MD, PhD, the problems caused by migraine are aggravated by sleep problems on a child’s health and can hinder the performance of a child at school.

Therefore, doctors and parents should be aware of the occurrence of sleep disorders in children with migraine for proper treatment.

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