My seven year old has been complaining about severe headaches the last three days?

Question

Is it natural for kids to get headaches? Or should I be worried?





















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Answer 1

this is definitely something that you should schedule an appointment with your child'd pediatrician about. headaches are not "normal" for anyone, including adults. especially frequent, recurring headaches. don't get too worked up, but definitely be concerned. aldo make sure your pediatrician checks your child's vision as well or refers him to an ophthamologist.

Answer 2

Ok, no its not that normal for kids to get severe headaches, I guess I should ask what you mean by severe?

1. Some forms of allergies can cause migraines (severe headaches) and that includes sensitivity to light, sometimes even vomiting too.

2. What I think it actually might be, is something a little easier to deal with. It could be your child's eye sight.
As a child I had rather bad eyesight, and needed glasses quite young. When my eyesight changed, and it was time for me to adjust the prescription in the lenses, I often experienced severe headaches which was my body's way of telling me something was not right with my sight.
Its quite possible that your kid needs glasses!

3. Finally another common cause of migraines is caffeine withdrawal... Does your kid drink a lot of coke normally? Have you noticed that he/she experiences the headaches on the days that they don't have any?

I hope this helps!

Answer 3

I'm no expert but I'm going to give advice that is good in general, even if it doesn't directly address the headache problem.

First, be sure (s)he drinks lots of water. Dehydration can cause headaches.

Second, avoid junk food and processed food and drinks, including sodas (diet or non-diet). There's no conclusive evidence, but you can bet that all the artificial flavors, colors, and additives in prepackaged food isn't helping his health any.

Third, be sure he gets plenty of exercise. Whether or not sitting around watching TV or using the computer too much can directly cause headaches, engaging in these activities at the expense of exercise will certainly damage his health. Exercise is a sort of "super-medicine" because it has health benefits across the board.

Fourth, consider any psychological effects such as sources of stress or discontent in his life. Obviously try to solve these problems if possible, but in any case he should feel a lot better after incorporating the above into his daily routine.

Answer 4

Yes children can get headaches....they are little people after all. Many reasons, first might be just not even water intake as slight dehydration can cause headaches, secondly a bump on the head or a fall where your child has hurt their back, shoulders or neck will cause headaches..... ear, throat or teeth can be another cause. Eye strain is another reason and stress, lack of sleep is another. Unless you can think or ask your child what is the matter I would suggest you go to the doctor to seek an answer.

Answer 5

Ordinarily children that young don't get headaches unless there is something physicallly wrong. The usual causes of stress and tension headaches aren't something they are subject to, or at least shouldn't be. It may be something as simple as eye stress, indicating a need for glasses, or he may have a viral infection. I'd suggest a trip to the pediatrician to rule out anything there, and maybe a trip to the optometrist to rule that out. It's not unheard of for a child his age to get headaches, but certainly not severe, nor one that lasted three days.

Answer 6

I would take her to a doctor. Some kids and adults have a problem where they get sever head ache that take days to go away with out medicine. It could be something serious but even if its not its good for the doctor to know about it and maybe come up with a solution because it will likely come back again.

Answer 7

Studies showed an interesting result. Acupuncture eased tension and migraine headaches in the patients who underwent acupuncture as compared to those who received no acupuncture. But there was no noticeable difference in results between ‘real’ acupuncture and placebo acupuncture where needles were simply inserted into areas that did not have any benefit.

Answer 8

Not a usual complaint I have come across unless the child actually does have something going on. I would take your child to have a complete work up done (CT scan head, blood, and urine, with possibility of a lumbar puncture to rule out meningitis).

Kids, from my experience, deal with pain so much better than adults. If your child is saying a severe head ache is present, take it seriously.

Answer 9

We have treated 15 - 20 yrs cases.
There is no medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE. Not only these but for almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.
Acidity, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation;
Blockage in the flow of Vital Energy are their causes. None of them can be treated with medicine. Our 100% success in treating migraine &H/A confirms it.
Acupuncture is the best treatment for adults. I can treat it with naturopathy and YOG, but how can you manage pl see.
Avoid late sleeping if possible;spicy, sour, stale, bakery foods and alcohole.
Sweet foods, sweet fruits, milk, rice and good sleep will help you.
But you try one herbal remedy- two drops of drumstick leaves' juice in opposite nostril if one side pains and both nostrils if full H/A will give you rescue. Betel leaf helps but it is very strong.
If it is acute pl search a painful point 3-6 mm behind thumb nail and press it, H/A will disappear within 30 seconds.

Source(s):
SHREE SWASTHYAYOG TREATMENT, TRAINING & RESEARCH INSTITUTE
R.H. – 19, Jhulelal Society, Sector – 2/E, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, INDIA.

Answer 10

my son has headaches, and that's how we found out he has cerebral palsy. the doctors wouldn't listen, kept saying it was a sinus headache. we finally got an ER doc to run a CT scan and refer us to University for more testing by specialists.

if it's recurring, or he's throwing up, that would be a big sign. if not, it may be a sinus headache, possibly triggered by allergies. have him checked by a doctor.