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Monday, October, 19, 2009

What Causes Headaches In Children

Health Encyclopedia: Headache

Alternative Names

Pain - head


Home Care

Keep a headache diary to help identify the source or trigger of your symptoms. Then modify your environment or habits to avoid future headaches. When a headache occurs, write down the date and time the headache began, what you ate for the past 24 hours, how long you slept the night before, what you were doing and thinking about just before the headache started, any stress in your life, how long the headache lasts, and what you did to mak...

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Expert & Community Posts

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04/30/07 #1 - Young daughter with daily constant head pain?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...days a week can make matters worse by causing other headaches called medication overuse or... Read more »

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5/26/08 #9 - Is there effective treatment for a 9 year old with migraines?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...are several options generally considered safe for children including propranolol and periactin.... Read more »

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Top 75 Migraine and Headache Questions
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...Meds during pregnancy; why migraine are worse after children? Full question and answer. ... Read more »

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Headache Stay Gone for Headaches and Migraines - Beware
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

...taking willow bark. Willow bark should not given to children under the age of 16. Side... Read more »

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Back to School: Info on Migraines, Headaches, and MUCH More
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

...time for students to head back to school. If your child has Migraines or another headache... Read more »

Health Guide

Chronic Daily Headache in Kids Decreases with Age
...recently released eight-year follow-up study of adolescents 12- to 14-years-old with chronic daily headache (CDH) showed a significant decline in the frequency of headache as the adolescents got... Read more »
Marci Yonker, M.D.: Pediatric Migraine and Headache Specialists
Marci Yonker, M.D. Director, Pediatric Headache Program AI duPont Hospital for Children 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19899 Scheduling: 302-651-4200 AND Jefferson/duPont Children's Health... Read more »
Does Harry Potter Have Migraines?
... on Harry Potter and find her imaginative and creative and able to teach a lot of life lessons to children and adolescents via metaphor and fantasy. I, of course, recognized Harry had headaches... Read more »
Migraine Issues: What is migraine?
...Americans (National Headache Foundation). Migraine is three times more common in women than in men, and children and adolescents also suffer from migraine headache. Migraine headache is a painful,... Read more »
Abdominal Migraine: Migraine Glossary
Abdominal Migraine - type of Migraine occurring mainly in childhood, characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and sometimes diarrhea, but with little or no headache. Children with... Read more »

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Medications

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...medical condition and response to therapy. In children, dosage may also be based on body... Read more »

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...medical condition and response to therapy. In children, dosage may also be based on body... Read more »

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...are ready to take it. Keep all medicines away from children and pets. Do not flush medications... Read more »

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...store in the bathroom. Keep all medications away from children and pets. Do not flush... Read more »

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...store in the bathroom. Keep all medicines away from children and pets. Do not flush medications... Read more »

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