5 days ago
I dismissed my headache and sore neck until I suddenly collapsed and discovered I suffer from this life-changing condition. It's rising in young people... and these are the signs doctors are missing
Laura Akers wasn't at all worried when she developed a nagging headache, sore neck and lingering cough last March.
Her GP prescribed antibiotics for a suspected chest infection, but as Laura, a 34-year-old assistant head teacher and mother of one from Harlow, Essex, points out: 'It didn't seem unusual for a working mum at the end of winter.'
