Managing Your Migraine

Katy Munro

2021년 8월 · Penguin Life Expert Series 2권 · Penguin UK

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'A fantastic and much needed resource for all those suffering. Dr Katy Munro's experience and knowledge through this book will help all those who read it' Dr Rupy Aujla, The Doctor's Kitchen

'Dr Katy Munro is the single best migraine expert our family have ever met [...] This book brings hope to every migraineur' Miranda Sawyer, Guardian & Observer Journalist

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Despite being one of the most common and debilitating conditions in the world, migraine is still widely misunderstood, stigmatised and misdiagnosed. Migraine is much more than 'just a headache', it's a genetic, neurological brain disorder, and it's time patients got the healp they really need.

Managing Your Migraine is the practical go-to guide for understanding and treating migraine. In the book, headache Specialist and GP Dr Katy Munro will give you expert advice on:

· Understanding your migraine phases and triggers
· The impact of food, exercise and sleep on migraine
· Rescue plans for acute attacks
· Migraine preventers
· Migraine in children
· Managing your mental health with migraine

If you're a person with migraine, or know someone struggling, this book will provide helpful strategies for alleviating your symptoms and managing your migraine. Drawing on her medical expertise, her own personal experience with migraine and the stories of her patients, Dr Munro will empower you to get to know your own migraine and build an effective treatment plan that will help you live your life more fully.

Part of the Penguin Life Experts series.

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Dr Katy Munro worked as a GP in the NHS for about 30 years. During this time, she became a person with migraine and became passionate about helping others with this condition. She became a Headache Specialist GP at the National Migraine Centre, a charity providing migraine sufferers with access to high-quality care. She is also a member of the Council of the British Association for the Study of Headaches.

Munro was instrumental in starting the Heads Up podcast which educates and helps anyone with, or caring for, a person with migraine. She is also a spokesperson on migraine, having been interviewed on Liz Earle's podcast, the BBC and ITV.