Discomfort and Pain Related to Protective Mask-Wearing during COVID-19 Pandemic
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic made the use of facemasks mandatory to prevent contact with the virus. Recent studies have revealed that intensive use of facemasks significantly exacerbated pre-existing headaches and triggered de novo headaches. In our experience, some subjects also complain of symptoms of...
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| author | Luca Padua Letizia Castelli Dario M. Gatto Keichii Hokkoku Giuseppe Reale Roberta Pastorino Claudia Loreti Silvia Giovannini |
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| description | The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic made the use of facemasks mandatory to prevent contact with the virus. Recent studies have revealed that intensive use of facemasks significantly exacerbated pre-existing headaches and triggered de novo headaches. In our experience, some subjects also complain of symptoms of neuropathic pain in the head/facial regions. Until now, the relationship between neuropathic pain and facemasks has not been documented. The aim of the study is to investigate the occurrence of neuropathic pain related to facemask use. It is a cross-sectional survey using a questionnaire, developed following a commonly accepted outcome research methodology. Participants, both health care and non-health care workers, responded to items included in the questionnaire about the type of facemasks, time and manner of wearing them, side effects such as skin lesions, symptoms of neuropathic pain, etc. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-537025ca2f834b4da2daab163e0dfc8b2023-11-23T17:13:13ZengMDPI AGJournal of Personalized Medicine2075-44262022-09-01129144310.3390/jpm12091443Discomfort and Pain Related to Protective Mask-Wearing during COVID-19 PandemicLuca Padua0Letizia Castelli1Dario M. Gatto2Keichii Hokkoku3Giuseppe Reale4Roberta Pastorino5Claudia Loreti6Silvia Giovannini7Department of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, ItalyHigh Intensity Neurorehabilitation Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8605, JapanHigh Intensity Neurorehabilitation Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Woman and Child Health and Public Health—Public Health Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, ItalyThe SARS-CoV-2 pandemic made the use of facemasks mandatory to prevent contact with the virus. Recent studies have revealed that intensive use of facemasks significantly exacerbated pre-existing headaches and triggered de novo headaches. In our experience, some subjects also complain of symptoms of neuropathic pain in the head/facial regions. Until now, the relationship between neuropathic pain and facemasks has not been documented. The aim of the study is to investigate the occurrence of neuropathic pain related to facemask use. It is a cross-sectional survey using a questionnaire, developed following a commonly accepted outcome research methodology. Participants, both health care and non-health care workers, responded to items included in the questionnaire about the type of facemasks, time and manner of wearing them, side effects such as skin lesions, symptoms of neuropathic pain, etc.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/12/9/1443COVID-19facemaskpainneuropathic painpersonalized medicine |
| spellingShingle | Luca Padua Letizia Castelli Dario M. Gatto Keichii Hokkoku Giuseppe Reale Roberta Pastorino Claudia Loreti Silvia Giovannini Discomfort and Pain Related to Protective Mask-Wearing during COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Personalized Medicine COVID-19 facemask pain neuropathic pain personalized medicine |
| title | Discomfort and Pain Related to Protective Mask-Wearing during COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Discomfort and Pain Related to Protective Mask-Wearing during COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Discomfort and Pain Related to Protective Mask-Wearing during COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discomfort and Pain Related to Protective Mask-Wearing during COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Discomfort and Pain Related to Protective Mask-Wearing during COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | discomfort and pain related to protective mask wearing during covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 facemask pain neuropathic pain personalized medicine |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/12/9/1443 |
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