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Managing Your Child's Migraines
(HealthDay News) -- If your child gets migraine headaches, the American Academy of Family Physicians offers these suggestions to help prevent them:
- Make sure your child eats meals on a regular schedule, and never skips a meal.
- Keep your child on a regular sleep schedule.
- Make sure your child gets daily exercise, but don't overdo it.
- Figure out what triggers migraines in your child, and try to avoid those factors. Common triggers include stress, too much intense exercise, or changes in weather or altitude.
- Avoid foods that are known to trigger your child's migraines. Popular culinary causes include: cheese, processed meats, chocolate, caffeine, nuts, pickles and foods high in the preservative monosodium glutamate (MSG).
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