21. Identifying Migraines In Children abdominal migraine Some forms of childhood migraine do not involveheadaches. An abdominal migraine is characterized by recurrent http://www.migraine-facts.com/html/children.php3

Identifying Migraines in Children Ten percent of children and adolescents under fifteen years of age suffer from severe headaches. Researchers suspect that the number may actually be higher as children's headaches are difficult to diagnose and are often dismissed as fatigue or just "crankiness." Young children may have difficulty explaining their symptoms to parents or doctors, making an accurate diagnosis even more difficult. Any family history of migraines should be reported to your health professional. Until puberty, children's headaches affect boys and girls at an equal rate. During adolescence, however, headaches in young women become much more common than in their male counterparts. Childhood migraines often go away with age, but may come back later in life. Symptoms in Children Symptoms in children and teens differ in some ways from those of adults. With a few exceptions, children's headaches are fortunately shorter in duration than those of adults. While young children usually experience pain on both sides of the head, teenagers, like adults, tend to experience the pain on only one side of the head. Common symptoms include: Headache Abdominal pain Diarrhea Vomiting Thirst Excessive urination Swelling Teary eyes Vertigo Sweating Dizziness.

22. Australian CVS Association Official Web Page - Medical References Prevalence and clinical features of abdominal migraine compared with those ofmigraine headache. abdominal migraine A cause of abdominal pain in adults? http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/7495/reference.html

Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. An abridged list of medical references, August 1999. Abu-Arafeh, I and Russell, G. (1995). Cyclical vomiting in children: A population based study. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Abu-Arafeh, A. and Russell, G. (1995). Prevalence and clinical features of abdominal migraine compared with those of migraine headache. Archives of Disease in Childhood Andersen, J.M., Sugerman, K.S., Lockhart, J.R. Weinberg, W.A. (1997). Effective prophylactic therapy for cyclic vomiting syndrome in children using amitriptyline or cyproheptadine. Pediatrics Benson, J.M., Zorn, S.L., Book, L.S. (1995). Sumatriptan in the treatment of cyclic vomiting. Annals Pharmacotherapy Bentley, D., Kehely, A., Al-Bayaty, M., Michie, C.A. (1995). The relationship between cyclic vomiting syndrome and abdominal migraine. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition , 21 (Supp 1). Fleisher, D.R. (1997) Cyclic vomiting syndrome: A paroxismal disorder of brain-gut interaction. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition , 25, Supplement 1, S13-S15.

23. Questions & Answers abdominal migraine. Dear AJC abdominal migraine is a rare entity which causes abdominalpain on an episodic basis much as classic migraine causes headache. http://www.askdrwarren.com/qa000925.htm

Ask Dr. Warren ~ 25 September 2000 Eating But Not Gaining Abdominal Migraine Prednisone and Nursing Absent Little Toe ... Child Cross Dressing Dear Readers: Dr. Warren hopes to help all who ask his advice and to enlighten all who read Ask Dr. Warren . For your own well being please keep in mind that advice you read here may not apply exactly to your own situation, and that if you are sick, no information on the web can take the place of a hands on examination by your physican who knows you and cares about you. Sincerely, Dr. Warren Top of Page Eating But Not Gaining Dear Dr. Warren: My grandson who was born 2/**/** has had a problem gaining weight. He was 7lb 14 oz at birth and now weighs 9lb 5.2 oz. He has been put on Neocare (Ross product) and cereal. His weight will go to 9lb 12oz and drop. There was some questions of Thalassemia minor which hasn't been ruled out. Would this in any way cause a problem with weight gain? He eats quite a lot and physically is maturing but he's so small. Cystic Fibrosis was in our family (my brother died with it in '52). He hasn't been tested as yet. We live in metro Atlanta and would appreciate any direction. Thanking you in advance.

24. Questions & Answers Abdominal Pain Fever Is It abdominal migraine? Dear Dr. Warren I havea young student who is very concerned about his two year old son. http://www.askdrwarren.com/qa970216.htm

Ask Dr. Warren ~ 16 February 1997 My Baby Seems So Sick... She Doesn't Smile Anymore Help With Eczema Management of Vomiting My Newborn Looks Like a Conehead ... My Child's Head Isn't Growing Feature Article: Management of Gastroenteritis : Dealing with vomiting and diarrhea in young children and infants. Dear Readers: Dr. Warren hopes to help all who ask his advice and to enlighten all who read Ask Dr. Warren . For your own well being please keep in mind that advice you read here may not apply exactly to your own situation, and that if you are sick, no information on the web can take the place of a hands on examination by your physician who knows you and cares about you. Sincerely, Dr. Warren Top of Page Dear Dr. Warren: I have a young student who is very concerned about his two year old son. For the last ten months he has had extreme periods of pain that last for three days or more. These episodes seem to come about once a month. He spikes a fever of 103 degrees and cries or whines continually. The child indicates the pain is in his abdominal area. He has seen several doctors who have run innumerable tests. The latest diagnosis is 'abdominal migraines'. The parents are unsure of what to ask the doctors at this point. They are concerned enough that my student has dropped out of school to deal with it. Any suggestions? Thank you. -BT Dear BT: Because you describe an unusual medical problem which has been evaluated by several physicians it is difficult for me to advance an opinion without more information. I don't know what types of specialists were consulted or what tests were run, and what if any abnormal results were found.

25. Migraine Chapter, Other Varieties,  B.Todd Troost The most wellrecognized type of migraine equivalent is abdominal migraine, inwhich cyclical vomiting, periodic attacks of nausea, or abdominal pain occur http://imigraine.net/migraine/othervar.html

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26. Recurrent Abdominal Pain (children) Recurrent viral illness, abdominal migraine, Recurrent UTI, Constipation, Foodallergy. abdominal migraine — also known as 'periodic syndrome'. Recurrent UTI. http://www.doctorupdate.net/du_toolkit/s_sorters/s68.html

RECURRENT ABDOMINAL PAIN (CHILDREN) Recurrent viral illness Abdominal migraine Recurrent UTI Constipation Food allergy Poor school performance? Possible Yes Possible No No Dysuria? No No Yes No No Diarrhoea? Possible No No Possible Yes Fever? Yes No Yes No No Bacteriuria? No No Yes No No Recurrent abdominal pain in childhood can be a calling card for myriad of hidden agendas — more than 85 causes have been listed. As in most areas of general practice, the trick is to sift through the morass of information to find the keys to the diagnosis and open the way to effective management. COMMON Recurrent viral illnesses Abdominal migraine — also known as 'periodic syndrome' Recurrent UTI Constipation Food allergy OCCASIONAL Coeliac disease Parasitic infestation of the gut Diabetes mellitus Hydronephrosis and ureteric reflux RARE Sickle-cell disease Tuberculosis Hirschsprung's disease Temporal lobe epilepsy Pica FBC and ESR: leucocytosis in bacterial infection; eosinophilia and raised ESR in parasitic infestation or genuine food allergy An MSU for microscopy and culture is essential: to miss a UTI can open the way to permanent renal scarring Plain abdominal X-ray will show a colon loaded with faeces in chronic constipation Barium studies can demonstrate the megacolon of Hirschsprung's disease Ultrasound: non-invasive first-line istigation — less diagnostic potential than IVU Beware the unlikely event of an acute cause for pain supervening — for example torsion of the testis in a boy Refer the child who has recurrent UTIs. There is a high risk of pyelonephritis and renal scarring and ureteric reflux must be considered

27. Volume 96, Number 10, October 2001 Of Headaches and Bellyaches David R. Mack, MD. Dignan F, AbuArafeh I, Russell G.The prognosis of childhood abdominal migraine. Arch Dis Child 2001;84415-8. http://www-east.elsevier.com/ajg/issues/9610/ajg5246dis.htm

What's New In GI October 2001 Volume , Number Pages Of Headaches and Bellyaches David R. Mack, M.D. Dignan F, Abu-Arafeh I, Russell G. The prognosis of childhood abdominal migraine. Arch Dis Child 2001;84:415-8. Published by Elsevier Science Inc.

28. Identifying Migraines In Children abdominal migraine Some forms of childhood migraine do not involveheadaches. An abdominal migraine is characterised by recurrent http://www.migraine-facts.co.uk/html/children.php3

Identifying Migraines in Children Ten percent of children and adolescents under fifteen years of age suffer from severe headaches. Researchers suspect that the number may actually be higher as children's headaches are difficult to diagnose and are often dismissed as fatigue or just "crankiness." Young children may have difficulty explaining their symptoms to parents or doctors, making an accurate diagnosis even more difficult. Any family history of migraines should be reported to your health professional. Until puberty, children's headaches affect boys and girls at an equal rate. During adolescence, however, headaches in young women become much more common than in their male counterparts. Childhood migraines often go away with age, but may come back later in life. Symptoms in Children Symptoms in children and teens differ in some ways from those of adults. With a few exceptions, children's headaches are fortunately shorter in duration than those of adults. While young children usually experience pain on both sides of the head, teenagers, like adults, tend to experience the pain on only one side of the head. Common symptoms include: Headache Abdominal pain Diarrhoea Vomiting Thirst Excessive urination Swelling Teary eyes Vertigo Sweating Dizziness.

29. Structure Function Co JAMA Migraine Information Center abdominal migraine Prophylactic Treatmentand Follow-up abdominal migraine is a syndrome characterized by recurrent http://icarus.med.utoronto.ca/meaghan2/JuHo/Structure Function/struct_show.asp?w

30. 1Up Health > Health Links Directory > Conditions And Diseases: Neurological Diso JAMA Migraine Information Center abdominal migraine Prophylactic Treatment andFollow-up Abstract of an article published in the January 1999 issue of the http://www.1uphealth.com/links/migraine-abdominal.html

Home Contact Us Privacy Caring For Your Well Being Alternative Medicine Clinical Trials Health News Poisons ... Health Topics A-Z Search 1Up Health Health Directory Addictions Alternative Animal ... Weight Loss By Demography Child Health Teen Health Men's Health Women's Health ... Migraine : Abdominal Sites Chronic Abdominal Pain in Childhood: Diagnosis and Management April 1, 1999 - American Academy of Family Physicians This site contains the full text of a clinical study compiled by the John Hopkins University School of Medicine and published in the April 1, 1999, issue of American Family Physician. Cyclic Vomiting/Abdominal Migraines Pediatrician responds to question on cyclic vomiting in Questions and Answers section of ParentsPlace.com. JAMA Migraine Information Center - Abdominal Migraine: Prophylactic Treatment and Follow-up Abstract of an article published in the January 1999 issue of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web. Submit a Site Open Directory Project Become an Editor Parts of the directory made available on 1UpHealth have been modified. External Web site links provided on this site are meant for convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement.

31. A.R.E. Health & Rejuvenation Research Center - The Cayce Health Database In fact, there is an extensive medical literature on abdominal migraine whichfurther supports Cayce's perspective on a GI tract connection in migraine. http://www.edgarcayce.org/health/database/chdata/data/prmigr3a.html

Health and Rejuvenation Research Center Cayce Health Database OVERVIEW OF MIGRAINE Migraine is a syndrome characterized by attacks of headache, often accompanied by disordered vision and gastrointestinal disturbances. The intense head pain associated with migraine is usually unilateral (on one side of the head). Classified as "vascular headache," migraine headache is thought to be produced by dilation of blood vessels in the head (as distinguished from tension headaches, which are produced by muscle spasms in the head and neck). Gastrointestinal disturbances including nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, constipation, or diarrhea are almost universal. In approximately 30 percent of all cases, migraine attacks are preceded by warning signs such as blind spots, zigzag flashing lights, numbness in parts of the body, and distorted visual images. THE CAUSES OF MIGRAINE The precise cause of migraine is unknown. Migraine tends to run in families, thus heredity is one possible causal factor. Allergies may also be involved, as migraine may be precipitated by allergic hypersensitivity (e.g., foods, such as cheese, alcohol, and chocolate, that contain substances that affect the blood vessels). Many things seem capable of triggering migraine attacks, including stress, fatigue, changes in the weather, changes in diet, and menstruation.

32. Headache Glossary A Headache Glossary, A. abdominal migraine. Children with abdominal migrainemay develop more typical migraine attacks. Abortive Medication. http://headaches.about.com/bl-glossary-a.htm

zfp=-1 About Headaches/Migraine Search in this topic on About on the Web in Products Web Hosting Headaches/Migraine with Teri Robert Your Guide to one of hundreds of sites Home Articles Forums ... Help zmhp('style="color:#fff"') Subjects ESSENTIALS Is it Migraine? Tension? What? Coping With Busy Doctors A Different Kind of Diary ... All articles on this topic Stay up-to-date! Subscribe to our newsletter. Advertising Free Credit Report Free Psychics Advertisement Headache Glossary A Abdominal Migraine type of migraine occurring mainly in childhood, characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and sometimes diarrhea, but with little or no headache. Children with abdominal migraine may develop more typical migraine attacks. Abortive Medication medication taken to "abort" or stop a headache after it has begun. See: Triptans: for Migraine, Cluster, Menstrual Migraine Over-the-Counter Drugs and Headache Arghhhh! Rebound Headaches! Acetaminophen analgesic often used in place of aspirin. Works as a pain killer and fever reducer, but does not have the anti-inflammatory action of aspirin. More easily tolerated than aspirin for many as it does not irritate the stomach. See: Over-the-Counter Drugs and Headache Arghhhh! Rebound Headaches!

33. Let's Study Kids' Headaches: Migraine And Kids abdominal migraine Although unusual, a small percentage of children with migrainedon't experience the headache pain, but have abdominal pain and more vomiting http://headaches.about.com/library/weekly/n022001c.htm

zfp=-1 About Headaches/Migraine Search in this topic on About on the Web in Products Web Hosting Headaches/Migraine with Teri Robert Your Guide to one of hundreds of sites Home Articles Forums ... Help zmhp('style="color:#fff"') Advertisement Let's Study Kids' Headaches Migraine and Kids Migraine is far more than a headache, infinitely more complex, and will have much more impact on life in general. Migraine is actually a neurological disorder. The headache itself is one phase of a an attack of the disorder. Migraine is a genetic disorder. If a parent has migraine, a child has a 50% chance of inheriting it. For many years, the predominant theory was that migraine attacks were caused by the dilation and constricting of blood vessels in the brain. While scientists still accept that theory as the cause of the headache pain, it is no longer the predominant theory of the cause of the actual migraine attack. Advances in imaging technology now allow scientists to observe the brain during a migraine attack. This technology has led to the discovery that migraine sufferers have unusually excitable brain nerve cells (neurons). When a migraine is triggered , those neurons suddenly fire electrical pulses that ripple from the back of the brain, across the top, then back down to the brainstem where vital pain centers are located. This "wave" causes blood flow to increase drastically, then quickly drop off again. The pain of migraine is caused by the blood vessels inflamed by the swings in blood flow, brainstem stimulation, or both.

34. Migraine Thanks Mum. I ended up with a very good paediatrician who believed in abdominal migraine.We’d never heard of it, it was so good to have name for what I had. http://www.migraine.co.nz/html/kids.htm

My name is Ricky Sometimes I get really depressed because I am sick constantly and I wonder "WHY ME". Ricky Tippett, Invercargill From Mum:I long for the day when migraine is recognised as a serious medical problem by society. Take care I always seemed to have a sore tummy – even when I was really little. My sore tummy got worse when I started school. I was in sick-bay a lot. Sometimes by tummy felt like a brick and my head was sore. Often I couldn’t stand the noise in the classroom and the words on pages were blurred. I did feel frightened when I had the ’weird feeling’. This feeling went with my sore tummy and sore head. I just felt very strange and everything echoed and seemed louder – sometime I saw black spots in front of my eyes. I often cried and sent to either sick-bay of the Library Corner. No-one really knew why I cried. My best friends comforted me. The teacher sometimes said "I’ve got a tummy-ache too – you’ll be right soon" – but I never was!! She didn’t understand. I had to go home sick often – I couldn’t cope. I just needed to be in a quiet place with no light on my own. I felt sick as if I was going to ‘spu’. Those years were lonely and confusing. Mum & Dad were always kind to me. Some teachers were kind – but some thought I was "putting it on" I hated that. I knew I felt terrible.

35. Migraine You will be very surprised when you start to talk about Aura, stroke like symptoms,children and abdominal migraine, just how genuinely interested they are. http://www.migraine.co.nz/html/annette.htm

Annette's Notes Home Hi Everyone, I would like to talk a little about a somewhat touchy subject that affects all Migraine Sufferers, and that is how Migraine can impact on the lives of the people around them. Migraine affects so many, whether they are family, friends or workmates. Many sufferers go to great lengths to hide their condition or have resigned themselves to a way of coping that sees them removed from the scene for a period of time, and it is often left to others to make their own conclusions about this. It is often misunderstood, or misinterpreted and can result in feelings of annoyance or hurt and frustration by those who are in our lives. As you know, our organization has always believed that one of the most important things we can do is to educate everyone about Migraine so that there is recognition of it as a serious neurological condition, and not just as an occasional bad headache as many people believe. Our aim is to have both the sufferer and the non-sufferer equally informed about Migraine, and the guilt and stigma removed. It is therefore important that the Migraineur understands as much as possible about their own particular condition and can relay this information to others in a meaningful way as this will hopefully lead to the appropriate help being offered and most importantly understanding. Many of you will know how your Migraines affect others. Thankfully these days

36. Meridian Institute News Online Vol 4 No 5 Sept, 2000 McMillin, a researcher with Meridian Institute, discussed the conceptof abdominal migraine as described in the Edgar Cayce readings. http://www.meridianinstitute.com/newslet/Vol4-5/4-5.html

Vol. 4 No. 5 September, 2000 Meridian Institute News RESEARCHING THE SPIRIT-MIND-BODY CONNECTION In this issue: Researching Thermographic Assessment Techniques An Integrative Model of Migraine Based on Intestinal Etiology Light and Oxygen Therapy for Terminal Cancer Thanks to Ed ... Research Participants Needed Researching Thermographic Assessment Techniques Thermography involves the measurement of temperature displayed in a visual format. This noninvasive assessment modality can provide helpful information about physiological dysfunction. For several years Meridian Institute has been exploring various medical thermographic techniques, including liquid crystal thermography, infrared neurocalometry, and computerized regulatory thermography. Liquid-crystal thermography (LCT) employs a range of interchangeable detector "screens" that are impregnated with cholesteric methylester derivatives that change color as a function of their temperature. An LCT screen is placed on the body for a few seconds before a Polaroid camera takes a color snapshot of the screen. Temperature variations show up as color patterns in a range of about 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Because LCT is simple and fast, it has been particularly helpful in measuring abdominal temperature anomalies in epilepsy. Edgar Cayce insisted that in all cases of a true epileptic nature that a cold spot would be found on the right side of the abdomen between the liver and caecum. According to Cayce, the cold spot is associated with adhesions in the lacteal ducts (lymph vessels) that permeate this area of the small intestine. We have previously reviewed the concept of abdominal epilepsy as it relates to the enteric nervous system (see

37. AN INTEGRATIVE MODEL OF MIGRAINE Designations such as abdominal migraine, dietary migraine, cervical migraine, menstrualmigraine, etc. abdominal migraine is diagnosed most often in children. http://www.meridianinstitute.com/migrai4.html

Meridian Institute RESEARCHING THE SPIRIT-MIND-BODY CONNECTION AN INTEGRATIVE MODEL OF MIGRAINE BASED ON INTESTINAL ETIOLOGY Meridian Institute ABSTRACT Current perspectives of migraine emphasize a multifactorical approach which include neurological, vascular and gastrointestinal factors. In this context, a systemic model based on intestinal etiology is proposed to integrate the varied research and clinical findings in the migraine literature. INTRODUCTION Migraine is a complex, systemic disorder of unknown causation. Typically, migraine presents with various neurologic, vascular, and gastrointestional symptoms. One of the major problems in understanding the etiology and pathophysiology of migraine is how to conceptualize both the nervous and vascular aspects of the syndrome. Traditionally, migraine has been regarded as a "vascular" headache due the obvious abnormalities in circulation to the head (Thomsen and Olesen, 1995; Agnoli and Marinis, 1985). More recently, nervous system involvement has been emphasized, with particular emphasis on the trigeminal or fifth cranial nerve (Buzzi et al., 1995) An integration of these two models has culminated in a trigemino-vascular theory which integrates nerve and circulatory processes (Buzzi and Moskowitz, 1992). Although the neurovascular components are a primary focus in medical diagnosis and treatment, historical and contemporary viewpoints also attribute great significance to gastrointestinal features. "Gastrointestinal disturbances including nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, or diarrhea are almost universal." (Silberstein, 1995, p. 387)

38. Zebra Card GI-008: Childhood Car-sickness from the word hemicrania. 101; Triad of motion sickness, abdominal pain, andvomiting is called the periodic syndrome, also known as abdominal migraine. http://www.zebracards.com/GI-008.html

Zebra Cards Update Gastrointestinal GI-008 Nav Car-sickness as a child Differential Diagnosis Top Nav associated with migraine as an adult Discussion not available online Top Nav Update Comments Top Nav Notes that the term "migraine" is derived from the word "hemicrania." [ Triad of motion sickness, abdominal pain, and vomiting is called the "periodic" syndrome, also known as abdominal migraine. [ Women are most susceptible to motion sickness from 3 days before to 5 days after menstruation. [ Footnotes in Print Edition Top Nav Vestibular function in migraine. Kuritzky A, Toglia UJ, et al. Headache 1981 May;21(3):110-2. Pubmed Similars Neuro-otological manifestations of migraine. Kayan A, Hood JD. Brain 1984 Dec;107 ( Pt 4):1123-42. Pubmed+Abstract Similars Background to Migraine Cumings JN, et al. New York: Springer, 1971: 1-7. Vertigo, motion sickness and migraine. Kuritzky A, Ziegler DK, et al. Headache 1981 Sep;21(5):227-31. Pubmed Similars Some clinical aspects of migraine. A prospective survey of 500 patients. Lance JW, Anthony M. Arch Neurol 1966 Oct;15(4):356-61.

39. Sydney Children's Hospital - Australian Doctor - Medical Articles A proportion of these cases may be due to dysmotilities of the gut orless commonly, abdominal migraine a migraine variant. Although http://www.sch.edu.au/articles.asp?type=3&doc=46

40. EMedicine - Migraine Variants : Article Excerpt By: Gretchen L Birbeck, MD basilar migraine, benign coital migraine, ophthalmoplegic migraine, retinal migraine,cyclic vomiting syndrome, acute confusional migraine, abdominal migraine. http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/byname/migraine-variants.htm

(advertisement) Excerpt from Migraine Variants Synonyms, Key Words, and Related Terms: complex migraines, migraine equivalent, familial hemiplegic migraine, basilar migraine, benign coital migraine, ophthalmoplegic migraine, retinal migraine, cyclic vomiting syndrome, acute confusional migraine, abdominal migraine Please click here to view the full topic text: Migraine Variants Background: Many conditions exist under the rubric of “migraine variant.” Migraine variants (MVs) generally are paroxysmal disorders, which include either headache as a prominent feature among a collection of symptoms or occurrence in individuals who have a personal or family history of migraine. MVs occur more frequently in children and adolescents than in adults; they may precede the development of more typical migraines in adulthood. MVs are less recognized, less understood, and far less common than migraines; consequently, little population-based data are available describing the incidence or prevalence of MVs. Few randomized, controlled trials exist that describe efficacious treatments for these unusual entities. Recognition of MV is important, since many respond to typical antimigraine medications. Also, the clinical presentation of MV may suggest ominous disease processes which can lead to extensive and invasive diagnostic evaluations that may not be warranted. MVs include the following: Familial hemiplegic migraine Basilar migraine Benign coital headache Ophthalmoplegic migraine Retinal migraine Alternating hemiplegic migraine (primarily in childhood)

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