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Secondary Stabbing Headache Associated with COVID-19: a Case Report

Although COVID-19 is mainly an acute viral illness, persistent symptoms are common. However, headache is not a frequent sequela of this disease. Furthermore, stabbing/ice-pick cephalalgia has been reported in < 10% of cases of COVID-19, and recurrent forms occurring after vaccination against the...

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Autores principales: Akhlaq, Hira, Li, Mian, Nava, Victor E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9178938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35698479
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-022-01194-1
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description Although COVID-19 is mainly an acute viral illness, persistent symptoms are common. However, headache is not a frequent sequela of this disease. Furthermore, stabbing/ice-pick cephalalgia has been reported in < 10% of cases of COVID-19, and recurrent forms occurring after vaccination against the disease have not been published yet. We present here an unusual short-lasting unilateral stabbing/ice-pick headache with recurrent periodicity over 10 months, which may represent a sequela of COVID-19. The cephalalgia presented in a 55-year-old male with no significant medical problems approximately 4 months after the acute onset of COVID-19, and recurred twice 12 days after the second dose of COVID-19 vaccination with BNT162b2 (Pfizer). This report represents a contribution to the semiological pattern of COVID-19-related cephalea.
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spelling pubmed-91789382022-06-09 Secondary Stabbing Headache Associated with COVID-19: a Case Report Akhlaq, Hira Li, Mian Nava, Victor E. SN Compr Clin Med Case Report Although COVID-19 is mainly an acute viral illness, persistent symptoms are common. However, headache is not a frequent sequela of this disease. Furthermore, stabbing/ice-pick cephalalgia has been reported in < 10% of cases of COVID-19, and recurrent forms occurring after vaccination against the disease have not been published yet. We present here an unusual short-lasting unilateral stabbing/ice-pick headache with recurrent periodicity over 10 months, which may represent a sequela of COVID-19. The cephalalgia presented in a 55-year-old male with no significant medical problems approximately 4 months after the acute onset of COVID-19, and recurred twice 12 days after the second dose of COVID-19 vaccination with BNT162b2 (Pfizer). This report represents a contribution to the semiological pattern of COVID-19-related cephalea. Springer International Publishing 2022-06-09 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9178938/ /pubmed/35698479 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-022-01194-1 Text en © This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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