To go to a&e considering the circumstances

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My 13 year old son has been suffering a massive headache since around 3pm yesterday. He’s lay in a dark room with a flannel on his head. Every time he gets up he vomits.

He was up some of last night crying it was so bad. He usually has quite a high pain tolerance. He has suffered headaches and vomiting before although not to the extent he cries usually he just needs a lie down.

Genuinely worried

Sounds like a migraine?

Call the doctor, don;t go to A&E

phone your gp, they will triage you.

What pain relief have you given him?

did You get help?

What painkillers has he had?

I agree with phoning your GP in the first instance, and see what they recommend.

Definitely phone your GP. Mine have been really good.

Where is the headache?
Back - go to A&E
Over eyes I'd guess migraine or sinuses and phone GP for vonsultation

He’s had paracetamol he vomited straight away

Sounds like a migraine. A GP visit not A&E

At any other time people would be jumping to meningitis, and telling you to phone the paramedics.

At any other time people would be jumping to meningitis, and telling you to phone the paramedics.

Perhaps something good can come from this disaster then.

OP is there a rash anywhere?

Sounds like a migraine to me. Unless it on the backlog then head and came on very rapidly, like being hit round the back of the head with a bat.

Try the GP, but at this stage of it not much they can do (triptans only work if talent at start).

Sometimes sugar with caffeine can help with mine (sweet coffee or full fat coke), however for some people caffeine and sugar are triggers. It might also be too late as I normally have that when I first feel one coming on.

I feel so sorry for you son, I hope it does pass soon, however A&E won't be able to help much and you risk exposing him to the virus or exposing other people if any of you are carrying it asymptomatically.

When I used to get migraines like this the only thing I could take was paracetamol in a suppository form that way it wasnt touching my stomach and making me vomit...but I had to get them from France. Not sure if you can buy them over the counter here or even get a prescription for them?

What's he eaten in the last 24 hours op? And how much fluid has he had?

Is he still having a wee often? I would phone GP, if he hasn't suffered a migraine before then it's best to get checked out.

It really does sound like a migraine.

If you have some travel sickness tablets in the house, they may stop the vomitting long enough for him to keep some pain relief down. And some people find a cold compress on the head helps (pop a damp tea towel in the freezer for 5 minutes.

Call GP or go to the pharmacy; sounds like a migraine

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You can get suppositories in the uk. They’re harder to get hold of. Doctors here are more worried about damaging delicate rectal skin than abroad it seems. I know. I asked.

You can now buy original Syndol again in pharmacies- it’s the only thing that helps me with migraines even slightly. I’d definitely speak to the GP, they can at least prescribe something for the sickness so he can keep painkillers down.

My 13 year old had this and we ended up calling an ambulance. He couldn't walk or talk, look at night or put his chin on his chest.

He was showing signs of meningitis, and I'm still not convinced it wasn't viral meningitis.

It sounds like a classic migraine. Contact your GP and ask to be seen urgently today. There are anti vomiting injections he can have etc, plus migraine injections

Don’t give aspirin to a 13 year old unless a Dr advises it.