The nurse should expect a child who has frequent tension type of headaches to describe headache pain as
a. "There is a rubber-band squeezing my head."
b. "It's a throbbing pain over my left eye."
c. "My headaches are worse in the morning and get better later in the day."
d. "I have a stomachache and a headache at the same time."
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A The child who has tension type of headaches may describe the pain as a bandlike
tightness or pressure, tight neck muscles, or soreness in the scalp.
B A common symptom of migraines is throbbing headache pain, typically on one
side of the eye.
C A headache that is worse in the morning and improves throughout the course of
the day is typical of ICP.
D Abdominal pain may accompany headache pain in migraines.
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