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
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Male
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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