The Whole Truth About Migraines and Other Headaches

Mom has a headache, the neighbor has a headache, my colleagues at work have headaches too. And I have a headache, what's so strange about that? Many have come to terms with the fact that headaches are a part of their lives. They do not perceive it as a disease that can and should be treated. One of the goals of this book is to explain that if your head hurts, it is not normal; it is some kind of disease (fortunately, in most cases harmless). And that you shouldn’t tolerate this pain, taking painkillers every other day. You can help yourself and significantly improve your quality of life in other ways. In his book, Kirill Skorobogatykh - a neurologist, candidate of medical sciences, co-founder and head of the University Headache Clinic - explains in simple language what types of headaches exist and how they arise. What hurts there? After all, 'the head is a bone, and a bone cannot hurt,' as we know. Why is everyone familiar with migraines specifically, and not other types of headaches? What kind of disease is it and can it be cured? Another goal is to show how a doctor thinks and reasons when a patient comes to him with complaints of a headache. How does he untangle the history of the patient's life and illness? How does the doctor sift through hundreds of diagnoses that need to be ruled out to make the right diagnosis? And finally, how does he decide on additional tests or determine that they are not necessary?