My 13-yr old daughter gets stomachaches. Honestly, we were sort of dismissive about them for a while because they never follow any pattern. They aren’t caused by eating too much, eating too little, not eating at all or eating the “wrong” thing. They have always been self-limiting and would go away after about an hour or so.
While digging around for migraine-related information for myself last fall, I stumbled upon abdominal migraines. The description fits my daughter perfectly. Dull pain in the upper, middle part of her abdominal that is usually moderately intense (severe on a few occasions). During the migraine she has no appetite, appears pale and usually feels nauseated.
Fortunately her abdominal migraines aren’t severe or debilitating enough that we have considered prophylactic treatment. She usually gets over them easily enough with a homeopathic remedy or just rest. Apparently, abdominal migraines usually occur in childhood and tend to go away in adulthood. However, since both my sister and I have classic and common migraines, I fear that my daughter’s abdominal migraines may turn into the head type one day.
Abdominal migraines can also sometimes be seen in adults. We sometimes fail to look for them.
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