Hello,
A headache in kids needs to be considered serious only when the below symptoms are there -
1.
Vomiting continuously
2. Seizures/ Fits
3. Watery of bloody discharge from ears and nose
4. Unconsciousness
5. Altered sensorium or behaviour.
Without the above red flag symptoms, just feeling low energy levels points out towards a
migraine and other sorts of tension
headaches which are on the rise in current scenario due to excessive academic and peer
stress the kids are experiencing.
I have a few questions for you -
1. How long has a headache been there?
2. Does it occur always on the forehead or keeps changing?
3. Is it associated with the blurring of eyes or
double vision or giddiness?
4. Is there any family history of migraine or single side headache?
5. Is she very angry when she gets a headache and does the ache get better after a good sleep?
6. Does she vomit when there is headache?
Kindly get back to me with the answers to above questions and also mention her weight so that I can suggest you the formulations which are good. But as of now - you can give oral
Paracetamol.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sumanth Amperayani,
Pediatrician, Pulmonology