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Migraines in kids? Do children get migraines?
I got a call from school, the school attendant informed me that my son, Sid has been in the clinic for 2 hours because he can’t concentrate on the day’s lesson. The reason: he was complaining of migraine.. So, I rushed to the school to pick him up. When I got there, I went straight in the clinic, he was lying in the dark room. The nurse attendant told me, the reason why it’s very dark was because my son doesn’t like a bright light and noise.It seems bright lights or loud noises make the headache worse.
According to the eye specialist, 5 percent of children in grade school have migraine headaches. During the high school years, about 20 percent of adolescents get migraine headaches. It is also three times more common in girls than boys. Boys who get migraines have them more often when they are about 10 to 12 years old. It is not unusual for them to have two to three migraine headaches a week.
Migraine headaches are not a life-threatening condition, but they can be disabling. While there is no cure for migraines, new methods of prevention focus on identifying and avoiding potential triggers - such as foods, stress, hunger, overexertion and, for some, a brightly lit or noisy environment.
In some cases, prevention strategies are combined with medications that can help control migraines and make them less disruptive. Headaches are common in youngsters, with 60 percent of school-age children affected one time or another. If the migraine headache isn’t gone in 2 or 3 days, it it best to consult a physician.
List that causes migraines:
- Strong or unusual odors, bright lights or loud noises
- Changes in weather or altitude
- Being tired, stressed or depressed
- Changes in sleeping patterns or sleeping time
- Certain foods (see the list below), especially those that contain tyramine, sodium nitrate or phenylalanine
- Missing meals or fasting
- Menstrual periods or hormones
- Intense physical activity
List of Foods that may trigger migraines:
- Aged, canned, cured or processed meat, including bologna, game, ham, herring, hot dogs, pepperoni and sausage
- Aged cheese
- Aspartame
- Avocados
- Beans, including pole, broad, lima, Italian, navy, pinto and garbanzo
- Brewer’s yeast, including fresh yeast coffee cake, donuts and sourdough bread
- Caffeine (in excess)
- Canned soup or bouillon cubes
- Chocolate, cocoa and carob
- Cultured dairy products, such as buttermilk and sour cream
- Figs
- Lentils
- Meat tenderizer
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- Nuts and peanut butter
- Onions, except small amounts for flavoring
- Papaya
- Passion fruit
- Pea pods
- Pickled, preserved or marinated foods, such as olives and pickles, and some snack foods
- Raisins
- Red plums
- Sauerkraut
- Seasoned salt
- Snow peas
- Soy sauce
References:
http://www.highbeam.com/
http://familydoctor.org/
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