AUTHOR=Dhiman Neetu Rani , Joshi Deepika , Singh Royana , Gyanpuri vyom , Kumar Anand TITLE=Post-COVID-19 headache- NDPH phenotype: a systematic review of case reports JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pain Research VOLUME=5 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pain-research/articles/10.3389/fpain.2024.1376506 DOI=10.3389/fpain.2024.1376506 ISSN=2673-561X ABSTRACT=Background and objectives

Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome or “long COVID” affects patients even after the recovery from Covid infection in various ways. Persistent headache or New Daily Persistent Headache (NDPH) is one of such symptoms. In this review, we will discuss about the case-reports of post covid-19 headache- NDPH phenotype both after and in the course of COVID-19 infection.

Methods

Case reports/studies talked about patients having NDPH around the disease either immediately or late post COVID were included. Data was taken from the source and synthesised on a qualitative basis.

Results

Literature search showed 3,538 articles, out of which 12 were screened as per the eligibility criteria and finally, 4 case reports on NDPH and Covid-19 were chosen for analysis from the database and by human search. All case reports justify the criteria for acceptability in quality for this systematic review.

Conclusion

NDPH in and around Covid 19 infection is something that is currently an ingenious debated topic in the scientific community. More case studies should be written and published on the same subject so that a large systematic review could be conducted.

Trial Registration Information

The review is registered in Prospero with no. Identifier (CRD42022354912).

Systematic Review Registration

https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/, PROSPERO (CRD42022354912).