But when your child complains his head is pounding, how do you know if it's a migraine? Since medications for migraine are more potent than common headache remedies, it's important to tell the difference.

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According to the Children's Hospital in Richmond, Vancouver, to be migraine, a child must have recurrent headaches or other neurological symptoms separated by symptom-free intervals and at least three of the following:

• Pounding or throbbing pain.
• Pain on one side of the forehead.
• Nausea, vomiting or abdominal discomfort.
• Relief by sleep.
• Family history of migraine.

- (HealthDayNews)

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