Childhood Migraines: Symptoms and Treatments

ABSTRACT

Questions from patients about pain conditions, analgesic pharmacotherapy, and responses from authors are presented to help educate patients and make them more effective self-advocates. This article contains a brief description of childhood migraines.Topics including symptoms of childhood migraines, age of onset, therapies, and suggestions for adults to support children with migraines are discussed.

KEYWORDS :

• age
• aura
• amitriptyline
• biofeedback
• children
• DHE
• headache
• migraines
• nausea
• NSAIDs
• parents
• physical activity
• prophylactic
• propranolol
• triptans
• valproate