Why do children get migraines? DS2 aged 11 is having another bout of these on and off. They follow a typical pattern: he can go for months without any and even a year - then out of the blue, with absolutely nothing happening that's different, he starts to get them. No change in diet. No environmental differences. No change in his emotional state. He'll wake one morning and almost exactly 2.5hrs after waking, with NO symptoms, he'll get a migraine. It's always the same timing.
Last w/e he got the first in months and months and threw up all over the house. After resting in bed for about 2 hrs, he was completely fine for the rest of the day and absolutely normal in every way.
I gave him prophylactic Calprofen for the next two mornings, as our GP has suggested, even though he didn't have any further headaches - and he's been fine...until today, when it started again.
He has admitted that he's had a slight headache in the morning since the day I stopped the prophylcatic Calprofen (he ALWAYS pretends he's well even if he's really ill). However, it's only today that it's been really bad.
Before he admits to a migraine, you can tell something's going on, as his eyes go very puffy around the lower lids and he gets pale, cold hands, head and feet and blinks with watering eyes.
He's not allergic to anything we know of. He's had a referral about 3 yrs ago to a Consultant, who confirmed migraines. He's had very few bouts per year since. But when they hit, it's v obvious that it's a big physical change going on, just from his behaviour and visual symptoms.
I'm really not into giving him stronger meds., as he rarely gets the migraines and seems to respond fine to Calprofen but I just wish I knew WHY they happen. He gets constipated when he's got migraines but I don't know if this is a consequence or a trigger, nor is there any difference at all in his fluid intake whether he's having migraines or not.
Can anyone help or share their own experiences?
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Migraines in 11 yr old DS - WHY?
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BlogOnTheTyne · 27/01/2013 09:07
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