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Before you go to see your doctor you and your parents should think about your headaches so that you can tell the doctor everything he or she needs to know to decide whether or not you have migraine (diagnose) and what is the best way for him or her to help you: picture of doctor - consult your doctor...

  • If you have a headache that lasts between 2 and 48 hours
  • When you started to get headaches
  • How often you get headaches
  • Whether the headache comes and goes during the attack
  • Whereabouts on your head that it hurts
  • If your headache gets worse if you move around
  • If you have tummy ache that lasts between 2 and 48 hours - this might be abdominal migraine
  • If you feel OK in between the attacks
  • If the symptoms stop you going to school, swimming, dancing, playing on your computer, watching television or anything else you would normally take part in
  • What the pain is like, for example throbbing, sharp
  • If bright light, certain sounds or smells upset you
  • If you sometimes have trouble seeing things
  • If you sometimes see patterns that aren't really there
  • If you feel sick or are sick
  • If you feel very hot
  • If you feel a little bit clumsy
  • If you have trouble speaking
  • If someone else in your family gets migraine
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