Is This Just a Migraine… Or Something Worse? (How to Diagnose Migraine Headaches)

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A patient walks into clinic and says, “I have a headache.”
By probability alone, it’s probably migraine.
But what you need to know is when it isn’t.

In this video, I walk you through exactly how I take a headache history to:

diagnose migraine with confidence
recognise red flags
and identify when you need to investigate for something more serious

This is not textbook neurology.
This is how it’s done in real clinic, by asking the right questions, in the right way.

You’ll learn:

how migraine really presents (and why it isn’t just “bad headache”)
how to tease out photophobia, phonophobia, and nausea
how to recognise dangerous headache patterns
what examination findings you must never miss
when to order imaging, bloods, or lumbar puncture

I’ve summarised everything into a free one-page clinic checklist available via the link above.

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I’m Dr Prashanth Ramachandran, a consultant neurologist, and my goal is to demystify neurology so you can practice it with confidence.