Toddler migraines

[worriedmigraine]

Been 10+ years since I had a toddler with migraines but he was 2.5. My 1 year old (soon to be 2) is now presenting with what I can only assume is migraines.....
Does anyone else have a child this age and how do you manage this. Wondering if anything has changed treatment wise or if it will just be a case of preventative medication again

I thought children younger than 5 dont even get headaches never mind migranes in toddler years???

Can you define ‘migraine’? I’d be wary of self diagnosing when your toddler lacks the vocabulary to tell you exactly what they’re experiencing. Migraines are blood awful but affect people in loads of different ways.

My elder ds was diagnosed with migraines at 2.5. It took a fee months he had to have a lot of tests etc then was on preventing medication for 10 years

Ds has been having episodes of visual loss or disturbance we aren’t quite sure as he couldn’t tell us but couldn’t see then clearly in severe pain one side head. He was seen and the doctors couldn’t work out what it was bit having been through it before it’s identical to our older ds. I don’t know whether to wait and see or just ask now for a referral as he seems to have even more triggers than our older son

Apparently it’s rare but possible. The neurologist we were under before said as well with family history (everyone suffers with them) that it’s more likely to then have them at a younger age.

He’s just so young it was worrying me the prospect of him possibly ending up on preventing medication but I will ask for a referral if he has any more

I would get a referral. In the meantime perhaps you could keep a diary of what your son was doing and eating the day before and on the day, also note the weather, if he was near flashing lights or strobing sun , strong perfumes or cleaning chemicals etc to see if you can identify any triggers. It wouldn't be a cure but might bring his "migraine load" down so he doesn't tip over so often into migraine.

Get a referral as it's probably very difficult to tell at that age.

We (us and GP) think DD (9) has been getting migraines for a while. It's in the family and I started aged 7 or so. Signs with DD were a seizure type episode when she was about 2, and for the last 4 years or so she just has 'stomach migraines'. Apparently stomach symptoms are more common in children, and then change to the more typical headache and visual migraine presentation later.

Symptoms of a stomach migraine: Sudden, sharp stomach pain, she doubles over, crying, only lasts about an hour or so. Tends to go very pale, with puffy eyes/dark circles. She's only once had a headache, and not even sure that one was a migraine. The GP said the NICE recommended first line treatment is the full dose of ibuprofen for her age, as soon as possible during the attack (wait too long and the stomach stops absorbing the drug anyway).

I agree with PP re: a diary. Look at food triggers, also excitement (always before a party/holiday etc), strong smells - those were my childhood triggers.