COVID-19’da İhmal Edilen Semptom: Ağrı
Ender Sir
University Of Health Sciences, Gulhane School Of Medicine, Department Of Algology, Ankara, Turkey
Keywords: COVID-19, acute pain, chronic pain, pain management, anxiety, analgesia, NSAIDs
Abstract
Pain is a common but often ignored symptom in COVID-19 patients. Early and adequate treatment with detailed pain assessment in these patients may reduce the risk of pain chronicization, and mood dysregulation. To provide analgesia, paracetamol can be listed as the first option in these patients, and then NSAIDs can also be reliably used for pain management in patients with COVID-19 if there are no absolute contraindications such as kidney failure or gastric bleeding. Codeine is also a good alternative for patients with anxiety who do not respond to simple pain-relievers.