Table 1.

ICHD-III beta diagnostic criteria for migraines in children

Diagnostic criteria
Migraine without aura
A. At least five attacks fulfilling criteria B–D
B. Headache attacks lasting 4 to 72 hours (untreated or unsuccessfully treated)a)
C. Headache has at least two of the following four characteristics: unilateral location, b)pulsating quality, moderate or severe pain intensity, aggravation by or causing avoidance of routine physical activity
D. During headache, at least one of the following: nausea and/or vomiting, photophobia and phonophobia
E. Not better accounted for by another ICHD-III diagnosis
Migraine with aura
A. At least two attacks fulfilling criteria B and C
B. One or more of the following fully reversible six aura symptoms: visual, sensory, speech and/or language, motor, brainstem, retinal
C. At least two of the following four characteristics:
1. At least one aura symptom spreads gradually over 5 minutes, and/or two or more symptoms occur in succession
2. Each individual aura symptom lasts 5–60 minutes
3. At least one aura symptom is unilateral
4. The aura is accompanied, or followed within 60 minutes, by headache
D. Not better accounted for by another ICHD-III diagnosis, and TIA has been excluded

ICHD-III beta, International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition beta version; TIA, transient ischemic attack.

^a)Attacks may last 2 to 72 hours.

^b)More often bilateral in children.

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