11 year old and really bad headache
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My son was complaining that his head hurt really bad and his eyes hurt. He threw up a couple of times yesterday. When i got him from work yesterday (at 6pm) and found him lying on the living room floor I gave him some junior strength tylenol and took him upstairs and put him in bed where he has been ever since. It's 14 hours and counting... He woke up at 3am asking for a glass of water. He seemed more peppy, asked what we had for dinner and was upset he missed it. He said his eyes no longer hurt and while his head did still hurt it wasn't as bad. I woke him at 7:30am and he was determined to go to school, I had to convince him he needed to stay home because he still had a slight headache. He went back to sleep and is still there. I"m not sure if he has a fever, just by touch his temples feel a bit warm but I'm not sure if that's fever or if it's because he was all bundled up under his thick blanket.
Does this sound like a migraine? He does usually get headaches when he's sick but they never last this long and he's never complained of his eyes hurting. |
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| Do migraines run in your family? The are in part genetic. |
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| No, don't run in my family or my husband's that I know of. |
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I don't know if there's something going around, but I woke up in the middle of the night with a severe headache and nausea. Took Tylenol and it improved. Still there this am, but no more nausea. No other symptoms than sniffles and sneezing. Not sure if it is a virus of some kind, allergies, or something else.
Maybe contact your pediatrician to see if they know of something going around. |
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My 8 year old has been battling a cold and Saturday night she had the headache and she threw up.
She has gotten headaches before and they make her throw up. Neither my husband nor I have migraines and they don't run in our family either. |
Anonymous
| My DD gets migraines. It sounds similar. |
Anonymous
| It sounds a lot like a migraine. I got them as a child. Caffeine worked best. My mom would give me a coke. It was the only time I was allowed soda. My DS gets them as well. |
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My 10 yr gets migraine, but they never last that long. His are very irregular and usually are triggered by exhaustion/dehydration and they always follow the same pattern: severe headache, nausea, vomiting and sleep. He usually sleeps for 30 min and then he's back to normal. We have tried giving him Tylenol when the headache begins, but it never works. |
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Must be something going around. DS2 had been nursing a cold and complained of a headache last night (he said he had it all day). He woke up at 6 AM and threw up. We kept him home from school and he seems to be completely fine now. He says the headache is gone and at a full breakfast and lunch. |
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| You might want to call your pediatrician and talk to someone there. |
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| Ebola. |
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| Our DD gets really bad headaches. Began at age 5. Pediatrician suggested an MRI to make sure everything was OK. |
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| Many viruses start with s headache and then have other symptoms such as vomiting -- very common to get a headache before a stomach virus. The eye pain could have been part of the headache. I suffer from migraines and they also involve eye pain, headache, and vomiting. I see a neurologist and am managing them. Please keep a record (record the date and symptoms) in case this happens again - then you will have a migraine diary to discuss with your doctor. I didn't start getting them until my late 40's. Common triggers are dehydration, skipping meals, and interrupted or not enough sleep -- so keep an eye out for these things. Tylenol does not do anything for a migrane -- and whatever you do, stay away from that Exedrin Migraine pills or something similar that is sold at CVS -- that will give you rebound headaches. I take sumatriptan which makes the migraine go away within 1-2 hours which also prevents me from entering the vomiting stage BUT I don't know what medication a neurologist would prescribe for someone that young. |
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My husband has suffered from horrible migraines since he was a child and unfortunately our 7 year old has abdominal migraines (she throws up - doesn't get the headaches).
My husband has had migraines that last for days and ultimately has to take steroids to break the cycle. I'm not sure if they would need to take such drastic measures for a child but just wanted to mention that sometimes migraines (at least for my husband) do last for a while. Good luck. |
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Check to see if he is dehydrated - with oral rehydration salts in addition to water. Wait a day, if no improvements, call pediatrician.
While I was in Peace Corps this seemed to be the solution to most, if not all illnesses (headaches, stomach, fatigue, etc) and I have been doing this since them. Also, what about stress levels in school/sports and the possible need for glasses? |