Toddler complains of pain in back of head

[LINDSEYSMAMA]

A couple of months ago my 34 month old was just sitting at the table coloring and she started crying out, as though she pinched a finger of such.  When I asked her what happened, she just kept crying.  So I asked "where does it hurt?"  her reply was "my scratch"  when I asked "where", she rubbed the lower back of her head.  It was a couple of weeks before it happened again, but since then the freequency increased.  Every time it happens its the same.  She is fine, playing or whatever, cries out in pain, reaches her right hand to the back of her head and says "my scratch".  After a few minutes, she is fine and goes back to playing.  We took her to a diagnostic clinic at Pittsburgh Childrens Hospital.  The neurologist examed her and found no problems.  She prescribed Periactin to try to see if she was just having headaches.  We also had an MRI last week, results were normal.  The Periactin seemed to lessen the fequency, but why would a child so young be having these types of headaches ?  She went for 2 1/2 wks without an episode, but out of the blue last week she came running to me crying and rubbing the back of her head.  I tried to kind of trick her after the MRI and I told her that her "scratch" was all better now.  She said "No, it's still there but it doesnt hurt right now".  Its frustrating because she is fine before the episodes and within 2-5 minutes after.  

[tosha091214]

My 31/2 year old just woke me up for the 1st time with this "headache" he has never had it before. I put him to bed at 9p.m. and he woke me up at 1a.m. crawling in bed with me clenching his teeth.... I took him to his bedroom and asked him where it hurt and he grabbed the back of the right side of his head near the ear. I asked him if his neck or throat hurt he said yes. So I had him turn his head left to right and he said it hurt and that his eyes hurt too. He just started getting a runny nose the last couple days nothing to major yet. His lymph nodes have been swollen for a few months, but his pediatrician says they are fine.... could it be sinus 'allergy' related or should I be more worried.... any advice or answers...?

[eitanovitz]

Did any one find out what is it???
is it going to go away???
anything????
thanks
Ethan

[WestCoast4]

My daughter is 3 1/2 and she has been getting this exact pain for about a month now. It comes on sudden and without notice and causes her to cry out in pain. She will tell me she hit her head but she clearly has not hit it. It goes away in about 20 sec and she is fine again but its starting to bother me. When she first had them she almost got them once a day. Now its more like twice a week. I'm glad I found this forum. Its been really comforting to know others have kids with the same problem.

[sam_ah]

same with my toddler.. m really worried... has ur daughter grown out of it?

[RNconcernedmommy]

I too think this is a vaccine side effect what homeopathic treatment did u do? I'm desperate my email is *****************@ yahoo.com I'm going to go get cervical MRI tomorrow to make sure ok plus another of her brain to r/ o chiari malformation thanks everyone for posting please post if anyone had gotten answers

[RNconcernedmommy]

My. 33 month old also does this . This time it's happened twice this week and she does have swollen nodes in back of neck and snotty nose but I'm not sure if the other times when it happened she had this or not? Curious to know if all of these children having these symptoms r up to date w vaccines wondering about side effects?!??

[sam_ah]

is ur child better now? my toddler is facing the same thing.. he keeps getting nasal congestion too and is a bad sleeper... wondering if theres a link

[kk12128]

Hi, my daughter has had 4 episodes now of the same pain.  Thank you for your description.  She is 5 and has only started having these in the last month or so.  She explains that the sharp stabbing pain behind the ear happens after she turned her head really fast.  I know I've had "zingers" before when I've turned my head the wrong way and I feel like I want to cry.  
Otherwise, she is healthy.  Thanks and we will keep watching it but you've eased my mind.