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What Causes Headaches And Stomach Aches At Night?

I have 11 year old daughter that is experiencing almost nightly headaches, stomach aches, hot/cold, leg pains that are making it difficult to fall asleep. After a while of trying to fall asleep, she gets what I feel is anxious and then gets a racing heart. We have tried over the counter pain medicine. I feel that after a while she just gets exhausted enough that she falls asleep.
Tue, 13 Jan 2015
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Hi, the symptoms of headache interrupting her sleep along with leg pains and stomach pain might be a serious condition. The child will require a full neurological examination to look for focal deficit and a good history of the type of headache, associated aura, familial or not, unilateral or over full cranium, duration, aggravating factors, relieving factors. Get a n eurologist opinion and get an EEG, Xray of sinuses, BP, Fundus examination for raised intracranial tension. A neuroimaging of brain in form of CECT or MRI brain might be required later. Right now give her symptomatic treatment in form of tablet Ibuprofen along with Tab Stemetil. And consult a Neurologist asap.
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What Causes Headaches And Stomach Aches At Night?

Hi, the symptoms of headache interrupting her sleep along with leg pains and stomach pain might be a serious condition. The child will require a full neurological examination to look for focal deficit and a good history of the type of headache, associated aura, familial or not, unilateral or over full cranium, duration, aggravating factors, relieving factors. Get a n eurologist opinion and get an EEG, Xray of sinuses, BP, Fundus examination for raised intracranial tension. A neuroimaging of brain in form of CECT or MRI brain might be required later. Right now give her symptomatic treatment in form of tablet Ibuprofen along with Tab Stemetil. And consult a Neurologist asap. Thanks and regards.