• Aynur Özge, Noemi Faedda, Ishaq Abu-Arafeh, Amy A Gelfand, Peter James Goadsby, Jean Christophe Cuvellier, Massimiliano Valeriani, Alexey Sergeev, Karen Barlow, Derya Uludüz, Osman Özgür Yalın, Richard B Lipton, Alan Rapoport, and Vincenzo Guidetti.
• Department of Neurology, Mersin University Medical Faculty, Mersin, Turkey.
• J Headache Pain. 2017 Nov 23; 18 (1): 109109.

BackgroundThe 2013 International Classification of Headache Disorders-3 (ICHD-3) was published in a beta version to allow the clinicians to confirm the validity of the criteria or to suggest improvements based on field studies. The aim of this work was to review the Primary Headache Disorders Section of ICHD-3 beta data on children and adolescents (age 0-18 years), and to suggest changes, additions, and amendments.MethodsSeveral experts in childhood headache across the world applied different aspects of ICHD-3 beta in their normal clinical practice. Based on their personal experience and the literature available on pediatric headache, they made observations and proposed suggestions for the primary headache disorders section of ICHD-3 beta data on children and adolescents.ResultsSome headache disorders in children have specific features which are different from those seen in adults and which should be acknowledged and considered. Some features in children were found to be age-dependent: clinical characteristics, risks factors and etiologies have a strong bio psycho-social basis in children and adolescents making primary headache disorders in children distinct from those in adults.ConclusionsSeveral recommendations are presented in order to make ICHD-3 more appropriate for use with children.

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