Understanding and managing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on patients with epilepsy.
Expert Rev Neurother
; 22(2): 145-153, 2022 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1662065
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represented a relevant issue for people with epilepsy (PwE). Medical care and social restrictions exposed PwE to a high risk of seizure worsening. Medical institutions answered to the pandemic assuring only emergency care and implementing a remote assistance that highlighted the technological obsolescence of the medical care paradigms for PwE. AREA COVERED We reviewed the literature on the COVID-19-related factors influencing the epilepsy course, from the evidence of seizure risk in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infected PwE to anti-Sars-Cov-2 drugs interactions with antiseizure medications and the perceived changes of seizures in PwE. EXPERT OPINION COVID-19 pandemic was a problematic experience for PwE. We must make treasure of the lessons learned during this period of social restrictions and employ the recent technological advances to improve PwE assistance, in particular telemedicine and electronic media for patients' education.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Epilepsy
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Expert Rev Neurother
Journal subject:
Neurology
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Therapeutics
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
14737175.2022.2031984
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