Abdominal Migraine with Kayla Senne - Migraine and Headache Awareness Month Part 3

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SHORT STORY FOR MIGRAINE AND HEADACHE AWARENESS MONTH. I've written blogs and articles about migraine, the confusing and debilitating symptoms it posits, and all the other odd phenomenon that comes with the disease. I am, yet, writing another migraine-type that not too many people are familiar with, not even those who live with migraine. My daughter was eight years old when she first had her migraine symptom. We were out at the water park all day with some friends and had decided to end the fun day with dinner. She then began to feel nauseous, though she had a hard time explaining how she felt at the moment. "Mommy, my stomach feels weird," she said. I thought she was probably dehydrated or hungry, so I told her to relax and we would get her something to eat and drink. After a few minutes, we rushed to the bathroom, and she vomited. Not long after, she said, "Mommy, my head hurts." According to American Migraine Foundation, " Migraine is hereditary, so if one or both parents has migraine, there is a 50-75 % chance their child will be affected." I knew right away my baby girl just experienced her first migraine attack.