What mother wants to see her child suffering in pain? Unfortunately, children's migraines are real that you would take an instant migraine headache remedy anytime.
It is said that as many as 5 to 10 % of children in elementary school have migraine headaches, and these are more common in girls than in boys.
Migraine headaches usually come without warning, sometimes accompanied with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.
A child experiencing a combination of these should be checked out by a doctor if only to rule out any serious medical conditions and to find relief and treatments for it.
Migraine headaches are caused by the neurotransmitter serotonin - also called the "happy neurotransmitter".
Low serotonin levels allow the blood vessels to dilate or swell, which causes pain or other problems.
(So the logic of work or life being too stressful for a person and that leads to an unhealthy life makes sense.
) Triggers to migraines can be any of the following: - Changes in sleeping patterns.
- Always being tired.
- Strong or unusual odors.
- Menstrual period or hormones.
- Bright lights.
- Loud noises.
- Missing meals.
- Food (usual suspects are: aged/canned/cured/processed meat, avocados, aged cheese, lima/garbanzo/pole/navy/pinto beans, brewer's yeast, excessive caffeine intake, bouillon cubes, chocolate, aspartame, cultured dairy products such as buttermilk or sour cream, lentils, meat tenderizer, figs, too much monosodium glutamate or MSG, raisins, papaya, pea pods, passion fruit, too much onions, nuts, peanut butter, pickled foods, too much soy sauce, red plums, sauerkraut and snow peas.
) The safest, easiest and fastest way to relieve a migraine headache: tell your child to go to a cool, dark place and to lie down with a wet cloth on his forehead to draw out some of the heat.
If your doctor has prescribed migraine medicine for him, then it should be given to the child immediately.