17 Nov 😳Concerned that your child is missing school frequently because of headaches🤕 Not sure that medications 💊are helpful in relieving your child’s headaches 🥴Concerned about the side effects with frequent use of over the counter medications💊 for your child’s headaches

Headache is a frequent symptom in children 🧒and adolescents, many cases not being seen by doctors. Studies have shown that prevalence increases from preschool age (3-8%) to mid-adolescence (57-82%).Headache 🤕is one of the main reasons why children miss school. Missing school can affect a child’s overall education and ability to ‘fit in’ to school environment and curriculum.😞

Children can suffer from migraine too. 🤯Recent studies have shown that 3-7% of children suffer from migraine, 25% having their first attack before the age of 6, and 57% between 6 and 10. Migraine usually runs in families. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 In the children studied, 77.5% of family members were also affected by migraine. Migraine becomes more common with increasing age, being twice as common in mid-teens as under 10. In childhood there is no gender difference but from adolescence, migraine is more common in girls than boys. There is thought to be a link to hormone levels.

Headache in association with fever, 🤒significant drowsiness or other symptoms may be a sign of a serious illness and should be referred to a doctor.

In most cases the headaches and migraines in children and adolescence 👱‍♀️can be diagnosed quickly and treated effectively without medication. Here at My Favourite Physio, our Expert Physiotherapists 🤓are Watson Headache Approach for Headaches and Migraines trained to assess and treat headaches and migraines in children. So if you are concerned that your child is frequently complaining of headaches and missing school because of migraines, ring My Favourite Physio 📱on (02) 9790 4233 or DM us @myfavouritephysio to speak to one of our Expert Physiotherapists to find out how we can help your child overcome their headaches and migraines to get back to being kids again!🤗

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