Children with hay fever more likely to experience headaches, facial pain

If your child has hay fever (allergic rhinitis), they "are also more likely to suffer from headaches, facial pain, and ear aches than children without these allergies," say researchers.

According to a press release issued by the American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, results of a new study found:

Parents of children with allergic rhinitis reported to researchers that their children had an increased occurrence of headaches (55 percent vs. 19 percent), facial pain/pressure (29 percent vs. 3 percent), and ear pain/pressure (23 percent vs. 5 percent) compared with parents reports of children without hay fever. Furthermore, headache, facial pain/pressure, and ear pain/pressure were rated moderately or extremely bothersome by more than half of parents and older children who reported the symptoms.

You can read the press release in its entirety here: Children with hay fever more likely to experience headaches, facial pain