Migraine In Children..Tips to Help..

It's a downer when you see your loved one, such as your husband or wife have a migraine, and find no migraine relief. But when it's your own child, or grandchild, it's even worse.

My Grandson is eleven, and one of his classmates (boy) has migraines.

We don't know how old he was when he had his first migraine, but he has had them for several years now. One of our friends had a Facebook posting wanting prayer for her young girl, (about 8) she had a migraine all day. Depending on the frequency, and severely, doctors give medicines to children for migraines. And what parent wants that?

But first off, I would suggest natural migraine relief with natural remedies for childrens migraines to start with.The side effects of medicines for children will probably have some undesirable side effects, and a supplement may be what your child needs. First ask their doctor if he/she could recommend any that may be of some help for the relief of your child's migraines. Pay close attention, and make sure that your child's head is really hurting. If little Johnny saw a classmate that had a headache, he/she could come in from school, and say their head was hurting also. I don't have to tell you how much imagination your child has. They all do.

My wife has migraines, and on occasion, the Grandson has said he has a headache.

Once my wife went over to get him a Tylenol. But I ask her to pay attention to him. Immediately after saying this, he was laughing and picking at me, and never complained again.

It was pretty obvious he was in no pain.

Migraine in children is much greater when both parents suffer from migraines You knew this didn't you? If a childs parents have migraines, they will have a seventy percent greater chance of having migraines also, instead of around thirty percent if one parent has them.

Your little one can start having headaches at an early age, and can even have the classical migraine with the visual, and the headache.

Most children have the common migraine, which is the headache. Migraine in children will produce nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, just as adults will have.

As in adults your child may have migraine food triggers.

Also pay attention to what your child drinks

I remember reading this years ago, that somewhere, someone started doing studies on what the kids consumed at school to see if there was a connection to what they ate and drink, and their headaches.

The children that drank diet drinks in school, and all contain aspartame, had more headaches than the ones that didn't drink them.

Even if your child doesn't go to school, that's something to pay attention to. Some parents let their kids drink diet drinks, and never give it a thought about the controversy that goes on about ones health and the consumption of artificial sweeteners.

If your child goes on a diet at any age, this can cause migraines as well. Their body may need a vitamin or mineral that is left out from being on a diet.

Keep check on the amount of sugar, and junk food they eat.Basically your child can have migraines from the very same conditions that may give one to an adult.

You will have to know everything about your childs migraines. Read some books about children's migraines. You can never be to educated on what may be giving your child their headaches. Warning signs that your child may be going to have a migraine attack

If you notice your child yawing, sleepiness, listlessness, or craving certain types of food, these are signs that they may be going to have a migraine. Limit foods with high salt content.

When you have migraine in children that are to young to talk

What do you do then?

Watch the little one if they are two young to talk. If they are agitated, irritable, and cry, and you suffer from migraines, start making a connection,their head may be hurting.

Something else to think about.

A woman I know, said when her boy was young (now 40), he started having migraines. She said her mother-in-law started giving him milk of magnesium, and his headaches stopped. For some reason either this was a coincident, or he had a magnesium deficiency.

We'll take up on the next page about migraine in children. We want to give as much info as we can to help your child's migraines. We know about migraines, and when we know of a child having them, it's a downer.

You can find more information on kids migraines.

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