headaches, whose parents thought he was wholesale nike shox trying to keep away from school. His parents finally sought treatment and by the time he was in the third grade the headaches were under control. "He was a different child, more active and happy on a regular basis," said Dr. Hershey. "The parents realized he had been having headaches, but they had been denying it."But parents also say they have struggled to find doctors who take a child's headache complaints seriously. When Cathy Glaser's daughter began suffering migraines

as a child, her New York pediatrician couldn't help. By the age of 15, her daughter was virtually disabled by migraines, but finally found help at the Illinois Headache and Neurological Institute in Chelsea, Mich.The experience prompted Ms. Glaser to help generate the Migraine Research Foundation. The group's "For Our Children" initiative raises nike dunks awareness and money for pediatric migraine research. The group's Web-site, www.migraineresearchfoundation.org, also offers a list of headache centers that treat babies.

"It's incredible that so tiny attention is being paid to such a disabling and socially expensive issue," he says.As well as a quantity of the most recent and most effective migraine treatments wholesale handbags and preventive drugs have yet to win Food and Drug Administration approval for pediatric use. For example, a class of migraine drugs called triptans, which narrow blood vessels in the brain, have been lifesavers for migraine patients, but so far one has been approved for pediatric use in the United States. (Four such drugs are approved for

pediatric use in Europe.) Even so, plenty of adult migraine treatments have been used off label for years in babies.Janet Podell of Highland Park, N.J., nike air max 90 says her daughter Hannah began suffering from migraines around age 8. The pain later became so debilitating that Hannah missed four years of school. Finally, the relatives found a doctor who prescribed a combination of drugs. Although Hannah, now 20, still gets migraines, they are fundamentally under control."It was four years of utter misery which changed her life and the

family's life very drastically," says Ms. Podell. "She lost four years of her early adolescence."Dr. Hershey treats pediatric patients with a three-pronged approach. It starts with immediate pain relief, using either ibuprofen or a triptan wholesale jordan shoes drug. Because frequent use of over-the-counter pain relievers can set off a "rebound" effect, leading to more headaches, treatment ought to be discussed with a doctor.Second, he says, babies who have over one headache a week may need preventive therapy, like low doses of

antidepressants or anti-seizure drugs that have been shown to prevent adult migraines. And lifestyle changes like exercise, drinking more water, getting adequate nike dunk low sleep and not missing meals are essential."These are children who are often staying up late to study and getting up early to get to school and regularly skipping meals," says Dr. Overby. "I can't say it's typical that you can cure headaches by lifestyle measures alone, but in the event you don't address those things as well you'll seldom be able to control them."