Child Migraine – Now What?

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Migraine is a terrible thing for adults, imagine a child? Yes, children have migraines, but how to diagnose childhood migraines, how to realize that the child is suffering from headaches? Infantile migraine is a severe headache caused by the dilation of the vessels on one side of the head. The head is full of endings of veins that irrigate the brain, when one of them dilates it is sure to migraine.

Usually headache is a symptom that does not happen so often in children, but it does, it can hurt the whole head while the migraine in children, it hurts only on one side and pulsates as if it were a hard hitting head and a hammer hitting. These pains can happen suddenly or even have a warning like blurred vision and other symptoms like nausea, and even a limp in the body. But in childhood migraine, we don’t link these symptoms to it. The problem with these headaches in children is that they are often unable to describe exactly what they feel and the diagnosis is much more complicated. Parents should pay close attention to children’s complaints, and any complaints of headaches should be taken very seriously.

The incidence of migraines in girls is higher than what happens in boys, being a percentage of 60 to 40% and still saying that girls have much more significant symptoms of childhood migraine than boys. They usually start from the 5th year of life and can extend for years if there is no treatment.

What Factors Can Cause Infant Migraine?

Infantile migraine can appear for different reasons, but mainly food, allergic and even anxiety. Eating with an excess of sweeteners, sugars, caffeine, excessive exposure to the sun and also for any problem that may be affecting the emotional are causes of childhood migraine . Parents who suffer from migraine are more likely to have children with migraine, since it is also hereditary. In addition, some items can also favor the migraine crisis in children:

  • Dehydration
  • Ambience with too loud noise
  • Vision problems
  • Hormonal change (puberty)

To prevent crises, avoid these foods, and if the crisis still happens, taking the child to a dark and quiet place can help the crisis pass. In addition, a doctor should be consulted to find out what medications the child can use in these childhood migraine attacks. Palliative measures also help during crises, so it is recommended:

  • Stay in a dark and quiet place
  • Cold water bag
  • Try to sleep

Foods such as cheese, chocolates, coffee, excess fat, also cause childhood or adult migraines so the treatment also consists of removing these items from the food at the time of crises. The truth is that childhood migraine is a villain to be discovered even initially, the best diagnosis happens in the first 30 minutes of the crisis, so if necessary the medication can be introduced and the crisis does not reach its peak of pain. Children complaining of headaches constantly should be examined, visit a trusted pediatrician or neurologist.

See also: Child Diabetes – How to Discover and Deal with It?

Dr. Alexis Hart
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My name is Dr. Alexis Hart I am 38 years old, I am the mother of 3 beautiful children! Different ages, different phases 16 years, 12 years and 7 years. In love with motherhood since always, I found it difficult to make my dreams come true, and also some more after I was already a mother.

Since I imagined myself as a mother, in my thoughts everything seemed to be much easier and simpler than it really was, I expected to get pregnant as soon as I wished, but it wasn’t that simple. The first pregnancy was smooth, but my daughter’s birth was very troubled. Joana was born in 2002 with a weight of 2930kg and 45cm, from a very peaceful cesarean delivery but she had already been born with congenital pneumonia due to a broken bag not treated with antibiotics even before delivery.

Dr. Alexis Hart

My name is Dr. Alexis Hart I am 38 years old, I am the mother of 3 beautiful children! Different ages, different phases 16 years, 12 years and 7 years. In love with motherhood since always, I found it difficult to make my dreams come true, and also some more after I was already a mother.Since I imagined myself as a mother, in my thoughts everything seemed to be much easier and simpler than it really was, I expected to get pregnant as soon as I wished, but it wasn’t that simple. The first pregnancy was smooth, but my daughter’s birth was very troubled. Joana was born in 2002 with a weight of 2930kg and 45cm, from a very peaceful cesarean delivery but she had already been born with congenital pneumonia due to a broken bag not treated with antibiotics even before delivery.

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