(HealthDayNews) -- Many adults who suffer from migraines can tell the difference between a severe headache and a true migraine.
But when your child complains his head is pounding, how do you know if it's a migraine? Since medications for migraine are more potent than common headache remedies, it's important to tell the difference.
According to the Children's Hospital in Richmond, Va., to be migraine, a child must have recurrent headaches or other neurological symptoms separated by symptom-free intervals and at least three of the following: