Emily Update: The EEGs were both normal. I am glad we had a good (bad) episode the day of the long EEG, because I can feel confident they had an example of her having one of her headaches. (She even threw up that day.) Now we are moving toward looking at food triggers or contaminants. Right now the neurologist is calling it childhood migraine. This is the type of migraine we are experiencing: Children and especially adolescents and teenagers can suffer from one of the most disabling types of migraine, chronic daily migraine (CM). CM occurs when a child has 15 or more headache days per month lasting more than 4 hours, for more than 3 months. Many teenagers with CM report daily headaches. Head pain is not the only symptom of CM; other common symptoms include dizziness, sleep disturbances, anxiety, depression, difficulty concentrating, and fatigue. CM is challenging to treat and significantly impairs the child’s quality of life. An interesting fact is that 30% of people with celiac disease were found to suffer from chronic daily migraine. Emily has celiac disease. We are going to start looking at possible food triggers such as cross contamination, or another related food allergy that may be a trigger. We are also having our well water tested for contaminants.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:38:23 +0000
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