There are several types of headache disorders that affect children and adolescents. Migraine symptoms commonly include a throbbing quality, unilateral location and associated photophobia, phonophobia, nausea, vomiting, and typically last hours. Tension-type headaches commonly include a dull or achy quality, frontal or band-like location, may have associated photophobia or phonophobia, and are typically shorter in duration and may be more frequent than migraines. Chronic daily headache is a descriptive term that includes several types of headaches that occur 15 or more days per month for at least 3 months.
 

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