i've been getting these migraine type headaces since i was about 8 years old. I am 15 now. Is this normal?

Question

ever since i was 7 or 8 i have been getting these horrible headaces. They feel absoltely terrible! They always follow by vominting to. but recently i have had blood work and my liver enzyme was high. One of the questions the doctor asked was if i get headaces like what i described. Of course like an idiot i didn't even say anything. Could they be something more then just migraines? If so what do you think they are? thanks for your input.

my liver enzyme was 122 when it should be between 12-34

Answer 1

Go back to the Dr. and tell the whole story.

Answer 2

That's just the age my son started getting them (they were 'masked' for some time as a 'stomach ache' when he couldn't express where the pain was) - the classic migraine with aura, the vomiting once or thrice, just as you described it. Once that's done, he'll sleep for several hours, wakes up a bit fuzzy, but then wants something to eat or drink. He's always totally fine the next day. 95% of his come first thing in the morning, so he's out for that day. As a mom, it's just SO hard to see the child go through this. All I can do is be in the bathroom with him when he's throwing up - he likes me to hold his head and pet his hair (sorry if that's TMI for some folks reading), but he feels that need for comfort. Then I put a cold cloth on his head when he lies down - he likes to do it in our bedroom because the blind we have darkens the room better than in his room. From then, he likes to be alone to try sleep. The trick is when to give the two ibuprofen he needs. If I give it too early, he'll throw them up. Usually he throws up twice, so usually I give it then. Just so you know, if they get them this young, they get them way less frequently each year, then sometimes it totally diminishes by the end of the teen years. My son is now 16, and I'd say he gets them four times a year. For the past four years, I'd say, he can feel it coming at times, and take ibuprofen to ward it off. When he was around eight or nine, he was getting at least once a month, which was awful. It was at least okay if he had it happen at home early in the morning so I could keep him home. His school was about 20 minutes driving time away, so if he got it later in the morning, called me from school, I'd go pick him up and he'd be throwing up on the way home... The pediatrician at no time wanted to put him on migraine medication, because they weren't happening more than once a month, on average. Good luck.

Answer 3

It's no normal. You must go to your doctor, because you need to take care of your head and your brain. In any part of the world, a headache is considered an urgency.

Perhaps you are suffering any kind of infection or allergy. You need to be careful with this problem. It's no normal to vomit and to have those symptoms after a headache. It's a bad signal and it has been for many years.

You can use some pills to control your headache. I recommend you Tramadol or Motrin.

Answer 4

My son started getting migraines when he was 6. He is now 24. In some people migraines are normal. If they get too and too numerous you should see a doctor. There is medications just for migraines, and avoiding stress and certain types of food seems to help him alot.

Answer 5

First thing you need to do immediately is have you mother call today and tell the Dr. yes you do get these kind of headaches that he mentioned. Obviously you have something going on with your liver and these headaches are a symptom or he wouldn't have asked you. You MUST be totally honest with your Dr. honey,or else he may misdiagnosis you. He needs to know everything even and especially the vomiting. These symptoms that you think are not worth mentioning are valuable to you Physician, so if there is anything else you need to mention do so.It just may save your life someday. So after you read this PLEASE,PLEASE notify your Dr. they really are important. I sincerely hope everything physically turns out for you You will be in my prayers GOOD LUCK

Answer 6

Hyperactive liver has caused this problem.
There is no medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE. Not only these but for almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.
Acidity, WORRY, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation; drug side effects, TV & Computer somwtimes,
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.
I can treat it with naturopathy and YOG, but how can you manage pl see.
Pain killers don't treat the pain but we loose the sense of pain for some time; in that duration our body itself treats sometime and credit goes to medicines.
Avoid late sleeping if possible; worry, spicy foods, sour fruits, stale bakery foods and alcohole.
Sweet foods, COCOANUT WATER,sweet fruits, milk, rice, SPROUTS, SALADS 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 your 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 7

You can benefit from seeing a specialist
to do further testing. Check with your
doctor to refer you to someone with
that knowledge. Don't delay, your
health is important.

Answer 8

i think you'd better go back and tell your doc whats going on. i know nothing of the correlation between the two but he asked for a reason.