migraine in children

Believing that migraines are strictly an "adult" problem, some parents don't know about treatments that could relieve their children of recurring and sometimes disabling pain.migraine in children article

Studies indicate that up to 93 percent of children will complain of head pain. A smaller but significant number of children — between 2.5 percent and 22 percent — will experience the intense pain of migraines. What's more, these headaches can start early. Researchers report evidence of migraine in children as young as 2 years old.migraine in children article

In children that young, a lack of verbal ability complicates the diagnosis. "A child between 2 and 4 years of age may manifest the headache just by crying, being irritable, turning pale, vomiting or head-banging," says Jeffrey R. Buchhalter, M.D., a pediatric neurologist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. "A lot of folks make the mistake of believing that such children can't get migraines. They clearly can."