Information for parents about migraine headaches in children and adolescents from the American Academy of Family Physicians. ... When a migraine headache happens, your child should go to a cool, dark place and lie down ... doctor has given your child a medicine for migraines, your child should take ...
Child Migraine Headache Web Directory, and Resources |
||||||||||||||
Child Migraine Headache Resources
Featured Child Migraine Headache Article
Do I Have Migraine Headaches? By: Dr. Larry A. Johnson, D.C. Migraine headaches are more often than not one-sided, meaning the pain is felt on only one side of the head. Most of the time the pain of a migraine headache can be felt in the temple area or behind one of the eyes or ears. Migraine headaches can become severe and disabling. Nausea is a common symptom of this type of headache as is vomiting or sensitivity to light or sound. About 20% of patients with migraine headaches experience an aura. An aura is a disturbance in vision that can consist of bright blinking colored lights that move across the field of vision. Migraine headaches can become chronic in nature. When they are chronic the patient most commonly experiences them once or twice a month. However, in some instances migraine headaches can occur as often as once or twice a week. Migraine headaches affect people between the ages of 15 and 55 and are more common in women than in men. Migraines affect women about 3 times as often as men. Migraines affect about 30 or 40 million Americans, but they are less common than tension headaches. It is estimated that about 75% of all headaches are tension headaches. Tension headaches are typically characterized by a dull pain over the entire head while migraines are usually throbbing in nature and located in one particular spot. In other words, tension-type headaches are a constant dull pain while migraines throb like the beating of the heart. Chronic tension headaches can occur every day while chronic migraine headaches occur less often, usually once a week to once a month. Fatigue and stress can cause both types of headaches, but migraine headaches can be triggered by other factors such as different types of food. Migraine headaches can sometimes be helped by eliminating these triggers. Foods that may lead to migraines include cheese, alcohol, MSG (monosodium glutamate), nuts, beans, caffeine, chocolate, onions and others. Eliminating the trigger may eliminate ....[MORE]
More Child Migraine Headache InformationThese are our featured resources and providers for child migraine headache. Feel free to check them out if you are looking for resources and articles for you to use. This list includes sites with articles, child migraine headache resources, information and news. Additional Child Migraine Headache Resources
AdRevenue: Error connecting to provider, check your settings or try refreshing the page
|