Spectrum of Headaches Associated With SARS‐CoV‐2 Infection: Study of Healthcare Professionals
Autor: | Patricia Gómez Iglesias, Jordi A. Matías-Guiu, Jesús Porta-Etessam, Enrique Santos-Bueso, David García-Azorín, Nuria González-García, Pedro Arriola-Villalobos, Jorge Matías-Guiu |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pediatrics Gastrointestinal Diseases Comorbidity Disease SARS‐CoV‐2 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Headache Disorders Secondary Prevalence migraine 030212 general & internal medicine Headache Middle Aged healthcare professionals Occupational Diseases Neurology Hypertension Sensation Disorders Oftalmología Female Headaches medicine.symptom Adult medicine.medical_specialty Health Personnel Migraine Disorders Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Neurociencias Clinical Neurology neurological symptoms Research Submissions Enfermedades infecciosas 03 medical and health sciences COVID‐19 Diabetes Mellitus medicine Humans Medical history In patient Pandemics Personal Protective Equipment Dyslipidemias Health professionals SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Cluster headache Tension-Type Headache COVID-19 medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Migraine Spain Neurology (clinical) business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | E-Prints Complutense: Archivo Institucional de la UCM Universidad Complutense de Madrid Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain E-Prints Complutense. Archivo Institucional de la UCM instname Headache |
ISSN: | 1526-4610 0017-8748 |
Popis: | Background: Series of patients with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection report headache in 6%‐15% of cases, although some data suggest that the actual frequency is higher, and that headache is not associated with fever. No study published to date has analyzed the characteristics of headache in these patients. Objective: To analyze the characteristics of COVID‐19 related headaches. Methods: We conducted a survey of Spaniard healthcare professionals who have been infected by SARS‐CoV‐2 and presented headache during the course of the disease. The survey addressed respondents’ medical history and headache characteristics, and we analyzed the association between both. Results: We analyzed the responses of a sample of 112 healthcare professionals. History of migraine was reported by 20/112 (17.9%) of respondents, history of tension‐type headache by 8/112 (7.1%), and history of cluster headache was reported by a single respondent; 82/112(73.2%) of respondents had no history of headache. Headache presented independently of fever, around the third day after symptom onset. The previous history of migraine was associated with a higher frequency of pulsating headache (20% in patients with previous migraine vs 4.3% in those with no history of migraine, P = .013). Conclusion: Headache is often holocranial, hemicranial, or occipital, pressing, and worsens with physical activity or head movements. Because the characteristics of the headache and the associated symptoms are heterogeneous in our survey, we suggest that several patterns with specific pathophysiological mechanisms may underlie the headache associated with COVID‐19. |
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