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inflammatory condition affecting the nervous system. Pressure on the brain

increases and therefore, leads to severe headaches and migraines.

Common Infections: Common infections like eye infections, ear infections, and
sinus among others trigger headaches. Such headaches could become a regular
feature and assume the form of a migraine.

Head trauma: Children often suffer accidental bumps on their head. Although

such headaches do not persist, headaches can occasionally graduate into

frequent instances of a migraine. Such injuries also cause nausea, confusion,
vomiting or changes in consciousness or response time.

Specific foods and beverages: Specific foods like bologna, bacon and hot dogs

contain monosodium glutamate or MSG. This causes headaches in some people.
Similarly, certain beverages like chocolate, caffeine, and soda also are believed

to sometimes trigger migraines.

Lack of Sleep: Insufficient sleep causes overtiredness and may lead to
migraines.

Excessive exposure to sun: Playing for long hours in hot sun could trigger a

migraine.

Symptoms

Migraines in children could be with or without an aura. Flashing lights, blind spots

in vision, wavy lines with disrupted vision may appear before and signal the
arrival of a migraine within few hours. Some children experience these indicators

with stomach pain before an abdominal migraine.

A migraine without aura is most common among children. Symptoms include
nausea, vomiting, giddiness, fatigue, mood changes, special cravings for foods

and sugary snacks, or a loss of appetite. Your child could develop a fever of 102
to 103 degrees and diarrhea too. Your child could also lose his/her sense of

balance.

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