Chronic Headaches May Come Down In Young Adults

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By Staff

Friday, July 17, 2009, 14:12

Did your head ache made your life miserable today? Are you worried about your child's chronic headaches, that's bothering you all the time? Well, there might just be some good news for you, as well as for your loved ones.

A recently conducted study shows that, the disabling condition, over time gets better. "Our results suggest there is hope for children who experience these headaches and for their parents," said study author Dr Shuu-Jiun Wang. He further adds: "Over time, most of these children get better, eventually having less frequent migraine headaches as young adults."

The research carried that was carried out among 122 chidren, all aged between 12 and 14 years old, found that 60 percent of the children no longer had chronic daily headache after one year and 75 percent no longer had the symptoms after two years. Furthermore, after eight years, only 12 percent of the 103 children tested still experienced symptoms of chronic daily headache.

But Wang doesn't forget to mention "Parents and children should be prepared for the possibility that while chronic daily headache may get better over time." He explains: "Headaches in general may never fully go away, but for most children the headaches are much less frequent when they become young adults."

The research is published in issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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