Author/Authors :
Mirouliaei، Mehrdad نويسنده Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Yazd University of Medical Sciences, Yazd , , Fallah، Razieh نويسنده , , BASHARDOOST، Nasrollah نويسنده Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Ali-ebn-Abitaleb School of Medicine, , , PARTOVEE، Mina نويسنده General Physician , , Ordooei، Mahtab نويسنده Department of Pediatrics, Hematology, Oncology and Genetics Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, ,
Abstract :
Objective
Hypothyroidism may be an exacerbating factor for primary headaches and
migraine is one of the most common primary headaches in childhood. The
purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of treatment of subclinical
hypothyroidism on children with migraine headache.
Materials & Methods
In a quasi-experimental study, the severity and monthly frequency of
headache of 25 migraineur children with subclinical hypothyroidism who
were referred to the pediatric neurology clinic of Shahid Sadoughi University
of Medical Sciences,Yazd, Iran between January 2010 and February 2011
and were treated with levothyroxine for two months were evaluated.
Results
Thirteen girls (52%) and 12 boys (48%) with the mean age of 10.2 ± 2.76
years were evaluated.
In children with hypothyroidism, the monthly frequency of headache (mean
± SD: 17.64 ± 9.49 times vs. 1.2 ± 1.1 times) and the severity of headache
(mean± SD: 6.24±1.8 scores vs. 1.33 ± 0.87 scores) were significantly
decreased by treatment.
Conclusion
Based on the results of this study, treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism
was effective in reducing migraine headaches. Therefore, it is logical to
check thyroid function tests in migraineur children
