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New research concludes that adolescences who suffer from chronic daily headaches may have the opportunity to outgrow it. Nearly 1.5% of middle school children are affected by chronic daily headache and this includes migraines as well as tension-type headaches.According to the online issue of "Neurology" and the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, there is hope for the children who deal with the condition. Shuu-Jiun Wang M.D. said, "Overtime, most of these children get better as young adults" but they decided to put this to the test. Scientist followed 122 children in middle school with the condition and found that 60% no longer had it after one year and 75% said the same after 2 years. It turned out that the majority of the children outgrew the chronic daily migraines and headaches. It also turns out that kids that didn't overuse medication had faster results.NOS Themes:
- The science is based on evidence that nearly 1.5% of middle school children were affected by chronic daily headaches
- The science is role of motivation and curiosity because the scientists were interested in children with the condition
Link to Article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715174925.htm
I found this very interesting! I wasn't too sure what chronic daily headaches are, so I researched and found that they are headaches that occur at least 15 days out of each month for three months. I also found there are four types of chronic daily headaches; Chronic migraine, Chronic tension-type headache, New daily persistent headache, and Hemicrania continua. Each can possibly be treated by medications, but there is a possibilty these medications won't help.
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I thought it was interesting how you said that kids who didnt use medications saw their symptoms go away faster. I researched more about chronic headaches in children and found a lot of places cautioned against medications. They said both prescription medications and others like advil or tylenol can actually ake head aches worse. Also since you would be giving these kinds of medications to kids there are added risk factors as well.
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