Headaches in children with diabetes

[Laura1109]

My 9 year old son was diagnosed nearly 1 year ago with Type 1 diabetes.  About 1 month after  the onset he started getting daily headaches.  They are very localized (right temple.  His pediatrician ordered an MRI which was normal (THANK HEAVENS), but since then we have not been able to rule out the cause  of the headaches.  Has anyone else experienced such a side effect of insulin or problems with headaches in children with diabetes?  I am desperate for help.  Thanks.

[Timluke]

Please please help guys. After reading above posts I feel I should comment. My 8 yr old son was diagnosed with diabetes 12 months ago. For some time now he has been complaining of terrible headaches regularly. His sugars seem to be controlled generally within acceptable limits but the headaches seem if anything to be getting worse. His GP and diabetic nurse have been informed but both say is nothing to worry about ! I'm not at all happy with this. Did anyone get anywhere with this as I see posts are dated 2007 ish. Also he constantly complains of a sore tummy. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Tim.

[mhunt135]

This is very interesting to me, my son is 14 and diagnosed in April 2011. He complains of a headached several times a week and keeps saying he didn't feel this way until he was diagnosed!! He thinks maybe the insulin is the cause.  I can't find any info on this except for highs and lows. And with him that's not the case.  Would love to find out more about this.

Miranda
Bridgeport WV

[adrian1976]

my sonn recently was dx with type 1 my question is ....can they take advil or tylenol for headache? and  we sttill having problems with his carb where can i get a recipes for diabetics type 1

[momsoman]

While my 15 year old son does not complain of stomach aches, he is complaining of headaches lately. His BS is very well controlled, but I am thinking that the headaches are more tension related than realted to his type 1 diabetes. He's a sophmore in high school and was diagnosed on New Year's Eve 2011, so he is still honeymooning. From what I see in this forum, CT scans aren't providing any answers to the headaches. I'll start looking in the activites/stress direction. Thanks for posting!

[rkoth]

I'm so glad I stumbled upon this web site. My daugther is 4 years old and got diagnosed with type 1, 3 months ago. She is ALWAYS complaning of a headache and stomach ache. She also has very loose stools. I've taken her to her ped and endo and both can't seem to find anything wrong with her. Her sugar is everywhere, one day her BS went from 123, 353, 58, 400, but it doesn't matter where her sugars are, she just never feels good!! what do i do?!?

[omugsbt]

both my sons have type 1 diabetes..the 13 year old was diagnosed at one year; the 11 year old at 5 years old-both boys...
the 11 year old has had headaches and stomachaches nearly 3 a week since Christmas-he has developed Right Frontal Lobe Seizure Disorder-Neuro and Endo says rare in general public but uncommonly high incidence in Juvenile Diabetes( but no funds for research nor testing-)
He has colon problems as well

    In my experience- they can go High from stress-a test at school , being in a Wedding, a Roller Coaster ride...
They can go low from exercise with an eight to 24 hour delay....in other words-he plays Lacrosse Wed @ 7pm might get low at 3 am
very hands on disease! Don't lose heart with those that tell you -just watch their diet and exercise  or we have "good" control,yeah right -usually they have not taken care first hand with Type 1 or their lying!!
   Importantly-any growth spurt can cause a low(from a doctor we had in Tampa-who had the disease himself!) He said their feet can grow-an organ- usually it takes me 2nd day with alot of lows to realize he is in a growth spurt! usually lasts 3 days!!oh and high sometimes is a sign of a cold or flu(infection) even if they do not get full blown sick-