3 Year Old Wth Neck and Head Pain

HI Michelle,

Have you ever used chiropractic care? I started using a principled upper cervical chiropractor when my oldest girl was having febrile seizures/ear infections and my second went straight to the chiropractor's office from the hospital...It has done wonders for our overall health. Neck and head pain, not only is bad, but can lead to other issues as well. If you don't have one you can go to ucspine.com and find one in your area. When you interview them, just like a regular physician, ask them to explain how chiropractic care can improve the immune system. If they can't, find another one but most on this site are great doctors. Most are great diagnosticians as well.

It's completely possible that he slept in a funny position and he simply needs his vertabrae to get back to where they are supposed to be. A proper spinal alignment is important to the entire body functioning properly.

Hope I helped!

M.

I have headaches and my three year old used to say she did too, mostly was copying what she hears me saying. But our chiropractor ruled out anything serious and we have had her adjusted since birth, which helps everything! A lot of chiropractors work with kids, just ask..it helps if they themselves have kids.

Could it possibly be seasonal allergies? I know that is how I feel now if I don't take allergy medicine w/ the pollen count so high; just a thought.

I would take him to a doctor, especially if he's been saying it's been bother him for 2 weeks. Sometimes kids that age don't really know what part of their head is hurting. They'll say "my head hurts" but it could be their throat or ears... When I first read the post, I was worried about meningitis, but if it's been going on 2 weeks, you probably would have known by now. Think it's worth a call and visit to the doctor, though.

When my son was young, he often said his neck hurt when he meant his throat. I would have to say, "does your neck hurt on the inside or outside?" to get a good answer. You can also ask them to touch with their finger where it hurts.

I agree that you should take him back to the doctor just to be safe, but, with no fever or other symptoms, it sounds like he may be suffering from allergies.

It might be worth a call to the pediatrician's office just to see if they think it's worthy of another visit.

Our 3 year-old doesn't do a very good job of expressing when things hurt. We're even struggling with him telling us when he's hungry, so I find it really hard to know when it's real and when it's their active imaginations picking-up on things we say and being creative.

Because of my own health issues the past few years, I'm overly sensitive to my children's health, and our pediatrician (knowing about my cancer and treatment) is very good not to chastise us when we may seem a little like hypochondriacs.

Good luck! Hoping it's nothing.

It does sound like a rather odd complaint for a 3 year old. I'd get to the pediatrician to make sure it's nothing to be worried about! Or catch whatever it is before it gets worse!