Pediatric Headache

SAN DIEGO —American Indians are less likely to receive a migraine diagnosis or migraine treatment compared with their white counterparts due to a variety of socioeconomic factors, according to a poster.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Although children often suffer from headache, there are few controlled trials that include this unique patient population, leaving clinicians to rely on their experience rather than data, according to a presenter.

SAN DIEGO — In a small cohort of young people, use of gepants to treat headache led to some therapeutic benefit and led to few adverse events, according to a poster from the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — For younger people with migraine, lidocaine injections were linked to better outcomes compared with saline injections, according to a speaker at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

DENVER — Children from underrepresented groups with migraine received fewer diagnoses, imaging, tests and medication compared with their white counterparts, according to a poster at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.