Neuropathic Pain Associated with COVID-19: a Systematic Review of Case Reports.
Deepika JoshiNeetu Rani DhimanAbhishek PathakRameshwar Nath ChaurasiaVijay Nath MishraAnand KumarVarun Kumar SinghNeetu Rani DhimanPublished in: Current pain and headache reports (2022)
Case reports that has described about patients getting neuropathy or neuropathic pain around the disease either immediately or late post COVID were included. The data was extracted and qualitatively synthesised. Literature was searched and 939 articles were found. 12 articles were screened as per the eligibility criteria and finally, 6 case reports on neuropathic pain in Covid-19 were selected from the database and manual search and finalised for analysis. 2 cases of herpes zoster and post herpetic neuralgia, 2 cases of intense burning pain, 1 case of trigeminal neuralgia and 1 of brachial plexopathy included for the review. Covid 19 viral neurogenic invasion is something very newly discovered topic of discussion in the field of research. With the passage of time, more cases will emerge and more data will be available for research. The review is registered in Prospero with no. CRD42021257060.
Keyphrases
- neuropathic pain
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- spinal cord injury
- spinal cord
- case report
- end stage renal disease
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- electronic health record
- ejection fraction
- systematic review
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- big data
- machine learning
- prognostic factors
- chronic pain
- patient reported
- data analysis