Headaches and Migraines during the COVID-19 Pandemic
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 7019
Special Issue Editor
Interests: headache; migraine; clinical neurophysiology; psychophysiology; cognitive neuroscience; neurodegenerative diseases
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Dear Colleagues,
In this unprecedented time, chronic disease management is seriously compromised, the health situation negatively impacted by the pandemic. General distress due to viral diffusion could cause a worsening of chronic neurological diseases. In addition, several neurological symptoms could be a direct consequence of viral infection.
Migraine and primary headaches have a wide diffusion among general population. Chronic migraine is a highly disabling condition. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and consequent restrictive measures cause general distress, with potential worsening of migraines as an outcome. In addition, the overwork of the public health system could cause delay in diagnosis and appropriate treatment. Headaches, as a symptom, could be an early manifestation of viral infection and vaccine reaction, and it could probably persist over time after the acute disease has been resolved. The outcome of migraine in post-Covid syndrome is also presently unknown
The Special Issue aims to collect studies on the effect of general lifestyle changes during the pandemic on migraine and primary headaches, risk perception and headache, general management of primary headache during pandemic, headache symptoms in the acute viral infection, and the post vaccination phase.
We are aimed to Cut-edge research topics as following: The outcome of migraine in Covid-19 post-infection; headache as a disabling condition during acute vaccine reaction; the effects of remote teaching on childhood headache.
Research studies, clinical trials, review, case reports, pilot studies all could submit to our issue.
Prof. Dr. Marina De Tommaso
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- migraine
- headache
- Covid-19
- restrictive measures
- management
- viral infection
- vaccination
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