What to do when baby headache?

Photo: girls are often prone to headaches than boys (by yaymicro)

 

Migraines in children at many different levels, possibly due to many causes, but you are downright notice, as may be caused by an underlying disease.

Young children, usually under 5 years old children. Cannot know the location of the pain. So the baby is often mistakenly said was abdominal pain, toothache, or earaches.

There are many causes of headaches in children. Usually is not serious. However if in older children, parents are hard to track because it is the expression of meningitis or inflammation of the membrane covering the brain. Or a brain tumor or spinal cord tumors. Of course these disorders account for only a small proportion but it is important that parents get real is the pain of the child to know when would need to see a doctor.

Short children's headache is often caused by a virus, such as a common cold infection. The infections usually clear up in a few days do not need treatment. Often in school age, children often suffer from headaches due to stress. The majority of cases, no headaches too, and can do the 24 h of stress on emotion at school or at home. If the problem is the vision, myopia or astigmatism can lead to persistent migraines. From 15 upwards, just 1 in 10 children are affected by migraine headaches (these may be symptoms of the cancer). Note to add, if necessary, can you tell me to do tests such as a CT or MRI of the brain to investigate injury or the presence of tumors.

If headache accompanied by fever and vomiting make contact immediately to the doctor. If after the injury, older signs do not remember these events happen, should go to the doctor immediately. If the pain is mild, so the advice encouraged holiday nghơi, can use painkillers.

But frequent headaches due to stress, does not need the advice of a doctor. You should ask to solve the child at school, at home. Spend a lot of time with the children to connect the gap in my family. Wish you all have a healthy family