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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks everyone for the advice and suggestions.   Yesterday he ate very well, had no fever, yet the headache remained.  I gave him junior strength tylenol again and it did not help.  Here's two things I noticed though.  The tylenol expired last year and the highest doage is for an 11 year old that weights 95lbs.  He's 5'3" and weights 110lbs.   Most adult meds are for 12 and over though, although he would fit the weight requirements for a 12 year old.  Not sure if I should have tried something else.

I'm going to wake him up now and if he still has a headache today I'll take him in to the doctor.   Today would be day 4.   It's not unusual for him to get headaches that last days when he's sick, it's usually his main symptom.  In the past I've taken him to the doctor for days of a headache only to have the headache gone and him feeling 100% better  while we are sitting in the waiting room.  I swear it never fails! [/quote]

My guess would be that he has some kind of mild migraine condition that is triggered by illness. That is actually pretty common (lots of migraine sufferers get them worse when they are otherwise ill, not least of all because both dehydration and fevers can bring them on), it's just that most people get migraines at other times too. Probably worth asking a doctor about -- they might have suggestions for prophylactics when he feels a headache coming on since he [b]seems like the headache turns out to be worse/more debilitating than the underlying minor illness[/b].[/quote]  Yes, this is exactly right.   Thank you for this post, I am going to ask the doctor about this specifically.[/quote]

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