Headaches in Children (cont.)
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 What Happens After My Child Starts Headache Treatment?Do Children Outgrow Headaches?Headaches may improve as your child gets older. The headaches may disappear and then return later in life. By junior high school, many boys who have migraines outgrow them, but in girls, migraine frequency increases with age because of hormone changes. Migraines are three times more likely to occur in adolescent girls than in boys. WebMD Medical Reference SOURCES: Last Editorial Review: 9/16/2009 © 2005-2013 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved. |
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