Hirotaka Maekawa
Board-certified neurologist and headache specialist
Developer of the headache diary app Zutsu Note
Board-certified neurologist and headache specialist. After clinical work and research in the Department of Neurology at The University of Tokyo, now focuses fully on headache care. Headache diaries are essential to headache care, yet many are still kept on paper, and most apps on the market are hard to use. To solve this, built the headache diary app Zutsu Note. Also works as an engineer, a "headache specialist who builds," and approaches headache care from both the clinic and the development side.
Headaches aren't something you just have to put up with. They're something you can learn to manage. Finding a headache clinic that's right for you is an important first step.
Background
Current affiliations:Saitama Neuropsychiatric Center, Headache Clinic / Director, Headache Center, Ebara Home Care Clinic
Articles written or reviewed
- Barometric pressure and headaches: causes and tips
- What is migraine? Symptoms, aura, phases, triggers
- Migraine medications: acute and preventive options
- Rebound headaches from medication overuse
- When to worry about a headache: warning signs
- How to keep a headache diary for your doctor
- How to find a headache specialist in the US
- Menstrual migraine: why periods trigger attacks
- Migraine in kids and teens: a guide for parents
Zutsu Note: the headache diary app Dr. Maekawa built
A free app made in Japan ("zutsu" is Japanese for "headache"). Log your headaches, medications, and how you feel, and it turns them into graphs you can share with your doctor as is.
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