For nearly five decades, neurologist, headache specialist, and author of the acclaimed book Headaches: Why You Have Them What You Can Do About Them, Egilius Spierings has challenged conventional thinking about one of the world’s most common — and most misunderstood — medical conditions. While headaches and migraine are often dismissed as minor inconveniences, Dr. Spierings believes they are important biological signals that deserve far greater attention from both patients and healthcare professionals. In this interview, he discusses why migraine is far more than “just a headache,” how fatigue is frequently overlooked as a root cause of chronic headaches, and what he hopes will change in the way medicine approaches headache disorders.
