Living with Headaches By Mark Weatherall ... Headaches are a common part of many people's lives - for the most part causing the occasional inconvenience. However, for some, headaches can be a major burden. Around 10 million adults in the UK experience migraines, and more than 500,000 people are living with daily, or near-daily, headaches. In Headaches, Dr Mark Weatherall explains the current scientific understanding of what headaches are, what causes them and why certain people get them. This book covers the headache basics (the common types and how they are diagnosed), how to manage headaches, the treatment options available and answers commonly asked questions. This easy-to-understand guide will give you all the information you need to better understand headaches and take the next steps in managing or seeking treatment for this condition.
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Mark Weatherall
Dr Mark Weatherall is Consultant Neurologist and Clinical Lead for Neurology at the Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, the previous Chair of the British Association for the Study of Headache and a former Trustee of The Migraine Trust. He is a member of the medical advisory board of Trigeminal Neuralgia and Facial Pain UK. He was a highly regarded historian of medicine before studying clinical medicine at Cambridge. Junior medical jobs followed in Cambridge, London and Oxford, before he completed his specialist training in neurology in the North-West of England. He spent twelve months as a clinical research fellow with Professor Peter Goadsby and Dr Holger Kaube of the Headache Group at the Institute of Neurology in London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London and Edinburgh.
His main interests are the diagnosis and management of chronic headache disorders, facial pain, visual snow and secondary headaches associated with systemic disorders. He has made presentations on these subjects at recent meetings of the International Headache Society, the European Headache Federation and Migraine Trust, and the Association of British Neurologists. He runs a specialist NHS headache clinic at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. He actively promotes the importance of headache disorders through social media such as X, formerly known as Twitter (please click on the logo above to see his recent tweets), and more traditional media platforms.
He also has a busy general neurology NHS practice in Buckinghamshire, covering the whole field of neurology, including epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and numerous other neurological disorders.
He sees private patients with headache disorders, and all other general neurological conditions, at The Medical Chambers Kensington in South Kensington, the Chiltern Hospital in Great Missenden, and the Shelburne Hospital in High Wycombe. He is also consultant neurologist to Sapphire Medical Clinics, a CQC-registered private clinic assessing patients for the use of medicinal cannabis, and providing prescriptions to appropriate patients.
You can find downloadable factsheets on different types of headaches and headache treatments, headache diaries and links to other websites that provide useful and reliable information on headache disorders on the patient page of the London Headache Centre website.
Dr Weatherall lives in South Buckinghamshire with his family and two cocker spaniels.