Overview
Headache (neurology)
Our specialist service sees people with headache conditions, including:
- migraine
- hemiplegic migraine
- cluster headache
- hemicrania continua
- paroxysmal hemicrania
- SUNCT and SUNA syndrome headaches
- medication overuse headache
- headache due to low cerebrospinal fluid pressure
- spontaneous intracranial hypotension
- other primary headache conditions, such as:
- primary cough headache
- primary exercise headache
- hypnic headache
- new daily persistent headache
We offer a range of treatments, including:
- greater occipital nerve injection, given with local anaesthetic and steroid
- botox injections to the head and neck to treat chronic migraine
- transcranial magnetic stimulation, a non-invasive neuromodulation device for migraine
- antibody injections, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) monoclonal antibodies injected every 4 weeks for migraine
- vagus nerve stimulation, a non-invasive neuromodulation device for cluster headache
Our consultants
Alexander Nesbitt
