Alizadeh Reza, Aghsaeifard Ziba
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2021 Jan;61:169-171. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.12.045. Epub 2020 Dec 31.
With the outbreak of coronavirus, the number of patients who referred to the pain clinic for follow-up was much higher than before, which coincided with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. However, due to incomplete knowledge regarding the virus and its effects, patients did not follow up to the pain.
We present case of 8 patients who were treated previously for chronic pain (complete remission).
During the pandemic, these patients were presented to our center presenting identical pain, that did not respond to the conservative therapy. Owing to the symptoms, these patients were screened and tested positive for COVID19. Two of the patients died whereas, symptoms were improved in other patients.
Patients with the history of chronic pain may present relapse as a result of the infection or infection can trigger previous chronic pain among patients with risk factors.
随着冠状病毒的爆发，前往疼痛门诊进行随访的患者数量比以前高得多，这与冠状病毒大流行的开始时间相吻合。然而，由于对该病毒及其影响的了解不完整，患者并未对疼痛进行随访。
我们介绍了8例先前接受过慢性疼痛治疗（完全缓解）的患者病例。
在大流行期间，这些患者前来我们中心，表现出相同的疼痛，对保守治疗无反应。由于这些症状，对这些患者进行了筛查，结果新冠病毒检测呈阳性。其中两名患者死亡，而其他患者的症状有所改善。
有慢性疼痛病史的患者可能因感染而出现复发，或者感染可能在有风险因素的患者中引发先前的慢性疼痛。
