Covid-19 lessens cancer pain in case study

The absence of dyspnoea, despite lower than normal oxygen levels, in some Covid-19 patients may be due to the same root cause as the decreased perception of pain in some cancer patients with Covid-19. — Kwong Wah Jit Poh

Physicians from the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) have observed a surprising phenomenon during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Switzerland.

Some patients with cancer-related pain have experienced a significant decrease in, or even disappearance of, pain perception during the acute phase of the infection.