Treatment:

For infrequent abdominal Migraine attacks, medications used for other forms of Migraine are often employed. These medications can include NSAIDs, antinausea medications, Midrin, and the triptans. The choice of medications is somewhat affected by the age of the patient. When abdominal Migraines are frequent, the same preventive therapies used for other Migraines can be explored.

For information on types of Migraines and headaches, please see:

• Abdominal Migraine - The Basics
• Acephalgic or Silent Migraine – The Basics
• Alice In Wonderland Syndrome – The Basics
• Basilar-Type Migraine - the Basics
• Cervicogenic Headache - The Baiscs
• Chronic Daily Headache - The Basics
• Cluster Headaches - The Basics
• Hemicrania Continua - The Basics
• Hemiplegic Migraine - The Basics
• Hypnic Headaches – The Basics
• Ice Pick Headaches - The Basics
• Migraine – What is It?
• Migraine With Aura - the Basics
• Migraine Without Aura - the Basics
• New Daily Persistent Headache – The Basics
• Orgasmic and Preorgasmic Headache – The Basics
• Paroxysmal Hemicrania – The Basics
• Primary Exertional Headache - The Basics
• Pseudotumor Cerebri (IIH) – The Basics
• Retinal Migraine - The Basics
• Status Migrainous - The Basics
• Tension-Type Headaches - The Basics
• Transformed Migraine - The Basics

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Resources:

International Headache Society, “The International Classification of Headache Disorders, Second Edition.” Cephalalgia: An International Journal of Headache, Vol. 24, Supplement 1, 2004.

Evans, Randolph W., MD; Mathew, Ninan T., MD, FRCP(C). "Handbook of Headache." Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005, second edition.

South, Valerie, RN. "Migraine: Everything you need to know." Key Porter Books, 1996.

Medical review by John Claude Krusz, PhD, MD

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