Migraine in Children

Migraine in children? How could it be!!

Migraine is a neurological disease, with headache and associate symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, sensitivity to touch, sound, light and smell, abdominal pain, even to change the mood. While toddlers or children generally have fewer migraine attacks shorter compared with adult patients and can have seriously repercussions that affect the quality of life children.

That usually the reaction of adults. But did you know that migraine in children is a fact that is very likely to occur. Many adults, including parents ignore the headaches experienced by children as an ordinary headaches. But should begin at this time, consider complaints when the children experience headaches because it could be a migraine.

Classification  of migraine in children depends on the symptoms shown. It is most commonly caused by strained nerves accompanied by nausea, fireflies, sensitivity to light, headaches and also accompanied by headaches. Migraine in children is shown through vomiting that often occurs periodically either accompanied by a headaches or not.

At the migraine children that may occur is a type of chronic daily migraine. On this kind of migraine can strike children fifteen times even more in a month, in addition coupled with headaches up to 4 hours. The common symptoms of migraine include depression, dizziness, sleep disturbances, anxiety, concentration difficulties until exhaustion. In contrast to migraine that occurs in adults, migraine in children are often not accompanied by aura. The aura is a visual disturbance, such as blurred vision, flashing lights, colored sport, or even dizziness, which occurs within one hour before the headaches.

Migraine can be very common in children, migraine occurs in about 10% of school age children. In children who experienced migraine half had their fist attack before the age of 12 years. Nevertheless it is possible occurs at ages under 12 years., even at the age of one year old toddler. in the boys before puberty often suffer from migraine more often that girls. Where as in adulthood, entering the ege of 17, then as many as 8 percent of boys and 23 percent of girls have migraine.

In the past children who experienced migraine can significantly interfere with the quality of the children. In addition due to the associated attacks will disrupt the activities of children go to school, at the age of the children also need the knowledge gained in playing environment which will affect social activities. Basically any health problems will hamper the quality of children while migraines in considered a big impact because the situation suddenly on the health condition of the child is healthy even if coupled with other symptoms.

Some studies suggest that migraine is an inherited disease. If parents have a migraine at fist, it is very likely that their child will experienced the same thing. However, migraine in children may differ from parents in terms of symptoms and appropriate treatment. Nevertheless, the experts and specialists have not yet found the origin of migraine.
 
Triggers Migraine in Children 
As with migraine in adults, migraine in children is also caused by several factors such as stress. Other trigger factors are personality disorders, eating habits, sinus infections, eye problems and the impact of adult lifestyle habits such as exposure to cigarette smoke. Food can be a migraine trigger, such as : Cheese, chocolate, soy, beans, yeast, raisins, mushrooms, avocados, banana, and caffeine.

Some parents blame the school activities of their children resulting in severe migraines as much homework, tutoring, extracurricular, and other school activities from morning to evening. Indeed, it could have happened, but parents must be aware that children must learn time management and responsibility as stock adulthood. It is necessary for the proper supervision to handle this.

Parent and other  adults around children who suffer from migraines should be aware of these trigger to minimize the frequency of occurrence of migraine.

Another factor that is important to investigate the patten of migraine attacks in your child. As one example, an attack can occur after a car ride or when the weather changes. Women may have attacks associated with the date., time and description of the pain and symptoms. At each trigger, treatment or measures taken to reduce the pain, and the time and nature of the aid, to assist physician in the diagnosis and treatment. Treatment for children and adolescent migraines depends on the child is age, the frequency and severity of attacks. Expert help from a doctor or center that specialized in migraine. There are three general approaches to treatment.

1. Acute treatment uses drugs to relieve symptoms when it happens.
2. Preventive treatment using drugs taken daily to reduce the number of attacks and reduce the intensity of pain. If a child has three or four fist pain, Physicians should consider using preventative medicine.
3. Complementary medicine does not use drugs and including relaxation techniques (biofeedback, imagery, hypnosis, etc), cognitive therapy, behavioral, acupuncture, exercise, and adequate rest and diet to help avoid attacks triggers. For some children eating a balances diet without skipping meals exercising regularly and go up and go to bed the same time every day helps to reduce the frequency and severity of migraines.

Handling Migraine in Children
Migraine in children should be treated with care. Do not give drugs commonly uses when a migraine adults to children. Because of the possible side effects can occur even in small doses. For that, contact you doctor to analyze and provide the right medicine. Typical treatment house as a compress can be used for fist aid.