Youth with high-frequency headaches due to migraine are more vulnerable to non-cephalic pain complaints.

We examined clinic data from a large sample of children and teens with migraine to see how common it was for these patients to also experience other types of body pain. We found that almost one quarter of youth with migraine also reported pain in an additional body location; youth with more frequent and severe headaches were more likely to have pain in body locations besides the head, with youth with constant or continuous headache being most at risk for additional body pain difficulties. Youth with migraine headaches that are severe or happen a lot of the time should be evaluated for other body pain to make sure that they get all the medical care they need to best manage pain.