What You Should Know H eadaches in children are surprisingly common. Collectively, children suffering from head pain miss over 1 million school days each year. Coping with a child's chronic headaches affects the entire family. Siblings may resent the attention given the sufferer. Parents shoulder the burden of keeping things as normal as possible while searching for a solution.
Tension headaches are most common, as they are with 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 symptoms are the same in children as adults. The pain is felt in the forehead and back of head and neck. Children who suffer from frequent tension headaches may be experiencing high levels of stress.