Kenneth J Mack

..Successful approaches to treatment include education, use of preventative medication, avoidance of analgesics, and helping the children work their way back into a functional daily routine...

..Therefore, the appropriate recognition, evaluation, and treatment should be a high priority of training and maintenance of certification programs...

..Successful outcomes often involve identifying an appropriate headache preventative, reintegration into school, and family participation in resetting realistic expectations...

..This headache syndrome is difficult to treat and may persist for years. This review discusses the epidemiology, comorbid symptoms, evaluation, and treatment of this disorder...

..Treatment decisions are often made using data from adult studies, childhood studies on episodic migraine or expert opinion. Current data on which to base treatment decisions are reviewed in this article...

..This review discusses what is known about the pathophysiology of this disorder, potential treatments, and understanding its role in the patient with chronic headache pain...

..This case series suggests that botulinum toxin type A can be well tolerated and may be a useful therapeutic in pediatric patients with highly medically intractable chronic daily headache...

..An interdisciplinary research approach may determine mechanistic root causes of symptoms, and is investigating novel management plans for affected patients...

..The clinical features of our patients' headaches were primarily migrainous; however, the diagnosis of a trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia or a secondary headache disorder was frequently made...

..In conclusion, the onset of new daily persistent headache in childhood is typically associated with a physiologic stress such as an infection, head trauma, or post-surgery...