Pedemy · For parents
Headaches and migraine — notes
Note the pattern below and bring your questions and current medicines to the visit. This record does not diagnose or choose treatment.
Use these notes with your child’s clinician. This tool does not diagnose illness, prescribe treatment or confirm that home care is safe.
Emergency help now
Call local emergency services for severe breathing difficulty, blue/gray lips, collapse, a seizure with failure to recover, or a child who is very difficult to wake. Do not delay to complete this tool.
Contact a healthcare professional
Sudden severe headache, weakness, confusion, seizure, or fever with stiff neck needs emergency care. Progressive headaches, waking from sleep, recurrent morning vomiting or new headache after injury need prompt assessment rather than diary-only follow-up. A baby younger than 3 months with a temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) or higher needs urgent medical assessment, even if they look well. Do not delay assessment to try medicine or complete a diary.
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Care reminders
- Children can have migraine or tension-type headaches. Migraine may affect both sides and include nausea or sensitivity to light and sound. A diary helps explain the pattern but cannot rule out a serious cause.
- Keep regular sleep, meals, fluids and physical activity. During an episode, a quiet dark room may help. Use only an agreed pain-treatment plan; record medicine days because frequent use can worsen headaches. Discuss recurring or disabling headaches with the clinician.
- Sudden severe headache, weakness, confusion, seizure, or fever with stiff neck needs emergency care. Progressive headaches, waking from sleep, recurrent morning vomiting or new headache after injury need prompt assessment rather than diary-only follow-up.