Chowdhury Debashish, Datta Debabrata
Department of Neurology, G B Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India.
Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2020 Apr;23(Suppl 1):S33-S39. doi: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_296_20. Epub 2020 Apr 20.
COVID-19 pandemic is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation. Migraine is one of the commonest and highly disabling chronic neurological diseases in the world. During the pandemic and lockdown, migraine patients are facing an enormous problem in getting optimum care because of difficulty in access, forced social isolation, and encountering a health system that is getting rapidly overwhelmed. It is important that they must be protected by minimizing their visits to the clinics and emergency departments. Paradoxically multiple triggers are in operation which is likely to increase their headache frequency. Hence physicians should be made aware of the new rules of the game in treating migraines during this time of the pandemic so that these patients get optimum treatment and care and don't feel left out. This review tries to answer a series of questions related to managing migraines in the times of COVID-19 pandemic.
新冠疫情是一种新出现且迅速演变的情况。偏头痛是世界上最常见且极具致残性的慢性神经疾病之一。在疫情和封锁期间，偏头痛患者由于就诊困难、被迫社交隔离以及面对迅速不堪重负的医疗系统，在获得最佳治疗方面面临巨大问题。重要的是，必须通过尽量减少他们前往诊所和急诊科的次数来保护他们。矛盾的是，多种诱发因素在起作用，这可能会增加他们的头痛频率。因此，应该让医生了解在疫情期间治疗偏头痛的新规则，以便这些患者获得最佳治疗和护理，并且不会感到被忽视。本综述试图回答一系列与在新冠疫情期间管理偏头痛相关的问题。
