What to do if your child has a headache

With the popularity of mobile phones, almost everyone has one, including children. Many children play with mobile phones for a long time, which causes headaches. So what causes children's head pain? What impact does a headache have on a child’s brain? How to treat a child's headache? Let’s take a look at it together below.

Causes of headaches in children

If a child has a headache, the first thing to do is to do a brain CT scan to rule out infectious diseases such as encephalitis and meningitis. Secondly, intracranial space-occupying lesions, such as brain tumors, brain abscesses, and brain cysticercosis, must be ruled out. Once again, migraines need to be ruled out. They are mainly vascular and neurological headaches, which are mostly caused by the child's mental stress. Other factors include (1) vasodilation; (2) traction, compression or stretching of blood vessels; (3) irritation of the meninges causing headaches; (4) nerve irritation; (5) spasmodic contraction of the head and neck muscles causing headaches; (6) radiating or referred headaches to organs near the head.

Treatment for headaches in children

Cold compresses on the forehead and neck may be effective. Some people prefer hot compresses on the neck or taking a hot bath. There are two main pain-relieving acupuncture points: the area connected to the thumb and index finger (press hard until the pain stops) and the other two sides of the dorsal spine of the neck (apply pressure with both thumbs at the same time). Also, you should look at the lawn and trees more often; keep a certain distance between your eyes and books, computers, and televisions; the brightness of computers and televisions should not be too high; do not read while lying down; usually, do eye exercises after using your eyes for every hour, look into the distance, and rest for ten minutes. You can take painkillers such as painkillers, etc. If you have a severe headache, you must rest in bed. The environment should be quiet and the indoor light should be soft. Guidance: Acupuncture and massage can be given according to the location of the headache. For forehead pain, you can use Yintang, Hegu, and Yangbai points. For pain on both sides, you can use Baihui points. For pain in the back of the head, you can use Fengchi, Waiguan and other points.

The above article introduces in detail the causes of children's headaches and the treatment methods for children's headaches. I believe everyone understands. So when the children around us have a headache, we might as well try the methods we provided above to treat children’s headaches. Of course, if a child has a severe headache, you must take it seriously and go to the hospital for treatment in time. Be sure to pay attention to your child's physical health.