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.
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