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- Title
Headaches during/after SARS‐CoV‐2 infection/vaccination can be primary and secondary as well as acute and chronic.
- Authors
Finsterer, Josef; Mehri, Sounira
- Abstract
A systematic review of facial pain and headaches in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection or after vaccination was conducted. The review found that headaches were reported in 6.5% to 74.6% of cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection and in 13% to 77% of vaccine recipients. However, the review did not distinguish between headaches in the acute stage of the disease and long COVID syndrome, or between acute and post-acute COVID vaccination syndrome. Additionally, the review did not consider facial pain as a complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination, and did not acknowledge that headaches can be secondary to complications of the infection or vaccination. The review also overlooked several causes of secondary headaches in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination, such as central nervous system vasculitis and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. Furthermore, the review underestimated the occurrence of venous sinus thrombosis after infection or vaccination. In conclusion, the study has limitations that should be addressed before drawing final conclusions.
- Subjects
SARS-CoV-2; PRIMARY headache disorders; FACIAL pain; HEADACHE; POST-acute COVID-19 syndrome
- Publication
European Journal of Neurology, 2024, Vol 31, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
1351-5101
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ene.16307