In the very young the symptom of this problem is often gas colic. Migraines appear from the age of 8. It is talked about in the Corriere Salute on free newsstands on Thursday 28 October with the Corriere della Sera
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Even the little ones can suffer from headache and the most common form is migraine, which affects about one in ten children. At the base there is usually a strong one genetic predisposition: almost always a parent suffers from it, even if he may not be aware of it because he has very occasional headaches. How does migraine manifest in children? Since there is a hereditary basis, migraine is present from birth, although the manifestations can be different depending on the age and the severity can vary over the course of life. Massimiliano Valeriani, head of the Headache Center of the Bambino Ges hospital in Rome -. For example, in infants of a few months, migraine does not manifest itself with the classic headache: the most typical symptom are gas colic. In the older child there may be other symptoms that can always be traced back to the migraine syndrome such as motion sickness, frequent stomach ache or pains in the limbs which pediatricians often define as growing pains. Migraine-related headaches typically appear around the age of seven to eight.
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October 27, 2021 (change October 27, 2021 | 19:24)
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