What is abdominal migraine?

Abdominal migraine is characterized by pain that occurs in the belly, near the navel or midline. Typically, this occurs in children who have a family history of migraines and go on to develop typical migraine later in life. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, pallor, and anorexia.

How do members experience abdominal migraine?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with abdominal migraine*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for abdominal migraine*

Who has abdominal migraine on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 7
20s 8
30s 18
40s 15
50s 15
60s 10
70+ 4

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 10
Female 65

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What is abdominal migraine?

Abdominal migraine is characterized by pain that occurs in the belly, near the navel or midline. Typically, this occurs in children who have a family history of migraines and go on to develop typical migraine later in life. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, pallor, and anorexia.



Common symptoms reported by people with abdominal migraine

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for abdominal migraine

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Compare treatments taken by people with abdominal migraine

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Who has abdominal migraine on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 46 say abdominal migraine is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 7
20s 8
30s 18
40s 15
50s 15
60s 10
70+ 4
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 12
20-29 years 3
30-39 years 3
40-49 years 1
50-59 years 0
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 10
Female 65

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 19
Not Diagnosed 9

These charts show data from abdominal migraine patients who have completed their condition history
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