What Causes Migraine Headaches in Kids?
Headaches are a frequent childhood malady. Of adults who suffer from persistent headaches, as many as 20 percent began experiencing them as children–before the age of 10, according to the American Headache Society. Migraines are very severe headaches that can cause nausea and sensitivity to bright lights and loud sounds. The American Headache Society estimates that migraine headaches affect up to 10 percent of children and may occur even as early as infancy. There are a number of causes and triggers of migraines in children, just as there are of migraines in adults.
