Is Your Teen Suffering?

This week is National Headache Awareness Week, and I saw an article that reminded me of an important fact about migraines: a lot of kids get headaches. The National Headache Foundation (NHF) reports that nearly 20 percent of all kids ages 5-17 suffer from headaches. Most of these children have tension-type headaches, but many also have migraines. Children usually have similar triggers to adults, but they usually have a more difficult time dealing with them. One of the most important things you can do as a parent is understand about the different types of headaches so you can start to understand what it is affecting your child. Kids with headaches can also take the time to educate themselves about what they can do to prevent and treat headaches when they start.

The NHF has two sites that can start to make a difference. The first is called Headache Headstart, and it is a place children can go to learn all about headaches and what they can do to help themselves. The other is called Headache U. This is a site where anyone can start to gain a headache education one step at a time. Both are excellent resources to supplement any other research you are doing. Start learning today what you can do to help your children better function and cope with headaches.

Start to understand how headaches affect children.

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