TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Pediatric Migraine Presentation and Treatment Algorithm A1 - Qaiser, Sharoon A1 - Green, Antoinette A1 - Kabbouche, Marielle A2 - Hershey, Andrew D. PY - 2023 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatric Neurology AB - Children are not young adults; thus, we have to take a different approach with caring for this population. Children may have similar pathophysiology as adults, but they respond differently to psychosocial variants and may have some clinical variants that are not present in adults. For example, pain itself is a subjective feeling that is objectively measured with specific pain scales, but this can be challenging to assess in younger children who have difficulties expressing symptoms they are experiencing. Standard pain-related questions may not capture the full picture, as children may have a difference in perception of pain. It is important to note that most of the information collected may be primarily provided by parents or guardians. When taking the history, it is advantageous to direct specific questions to the child at a level they understand. The primary goal is to gather relatively a good history and description of the symptoms using clues or even drawings (this has shown to be a very sensitive tool in younger children). It is the only way to discover what the child is feeling without having the clinical symptoms translated through an interpreter (ie, parents or guardians). Clues could include when a little boy goes into a dark room and stops playing (photophobia) or when a 5-year-old girl draws herself with a hammer hitting her head (throbbing). SN - PB - McGraw Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/24 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1195236577 ER -