My son has headaches and I don't know which specialist can help
My 8 y.o. son has headaches (on his forehead). Not every day. Occasionally. And this has been like this over the past few years now.
I have obviously talked to pediatricians (not one) and all of them said he's fine and didn't see anything serious and that many children do have headaches during intensive growth period.
I also consulted neurologist. He also said he didn't see anything bad but just in case we did CT scan followed by MRI. They came out fine. And this was about 2 or 3 years ago and since then we did MRI every year to check if everything was still ok. And we were ok, thank God.
I used to relate most of this to dehydration (as I had such experience myself in the past, during first year of moving to Dubai). I keep on telling him to drink water as he drinks very little in my opinion (hardly 1 L throughout the whole day of which half is by force).
Since school started I cannot control that water intake until he is back. He only drinks what's in his water bottle (some 300ml which I give in the morning) and doesn't refill and by afternoon his headache starts. That's how I diagnose the cause of his headache. I know there could be some degree of stress involved too (he is expected to read every day, do homeworks, after school sports activities, some language courses, which he hates, etc)
Maybe I am wrong? Maybe I should consult some other specialist? Has anyone had similar problem and how are you solving this? Maybe this is more psychological and perhaps I should see a psychologist (in which case could you please recommend one)? Or this is something he will outgrow eventually? I don't want this to turn into some life-long chronic form that could potentially influence quality of his life.
I really want to help my child but really stuck
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