

If your child has an immediate family member who gets headaches, that puts them at a higher risk. Which children are more likely to get headaches? Many headaches in children are the result of stress and lifestyle issues. However, less than 3% of headaches are the result of these conditions. Many parents worry that their child’s headache is the sign of a brain tumor or serious medical condition. The most common types of headaches in this age group are tension headaches (reported by 15%) and migraines (reported by 5%). Among children between 5 and 17 years of age, 20% have reported getting headaches. There could possibly be a brain tumor or bleeding in their brain. These headaches may be due to an illness or brain disorder your child has. If your child has headaches more than 15 days a month with migraine symptoms, they might have this type of headache. This type of headache is a combination of a migraine and chronic non-progressive tension headache. Mixed headache syndrome/chronic migraine/transformed migraine

About 60% of people who have migraines also have an immediate family member (mother, father, sister, and/or brother) who have them. Migraines are episodic (occur a few times a month), severe headaches where your child experiences sensitivity to light and noise followed by nausea and vomiting. Those types are typically divided into four categories: Migraines Headaches are very common in both adults and children, and there are more than 150 types. In fact, migraines are one of the top five most common diseases in children. Headaches happen to 25% of younger children and 75% of adolescents. A headache is pain in your child’s face or head.
