Children complaining of head pain should be taken seriously. Headaches in children also are surprisingly common. Collectively, children suffering from head pain miss over 1 million school days each year. Here are some general facts that you should know about childhood headaches. Tension headaches are most common, as they are with adults.
Migraines are more common in children than in adults.
If you have a family history of migraines, your child's headache is likely to be a migraine, too. One-third of all children suffering from headaches eventually grow out of them. Tension headache symptoms are the same in children as in adults. The pain is felt in the forehead and back of the head and neck. Tension headaches in children usually occur only occasionally.