Headaches in Children (cont.)
What Happens After My Child Starts Treatment?
When your child's doctor starts a treatment program, keep track of the results by using a headache diary , and record how the treatment program is working. Keep your child's scheduled follow-up appointments so your child's doctor can monitor your child's progress and make changes in the treatment program as needed.
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 because of hormone changes. Migraines are three times more likely to occur in adolescent girls than in boys.
Reviewed by Department of Neurology, Department of Pediatric Neurology, The Cleveland Clinic.
Medically reviewed by Charlotte E. Grayson, MD, June 2004, WebMD.
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Last Editorial Review: 1/31/2005 4:24:59 AM
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