与COVID-19相关的神经肌肉疾病
Larry Morgan1, Mary Hollist2, Katherine Au3
1Bronson Neuroscience Center, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
Neuroscience insights
|May 31, 2023
概括
冠状病毒疾病2019 (COVID-19) 流行病影响神经肌肉疾病,导致呼吸系统问题以外的各种病理. 这篇评论探讨了COVID-19的情况.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 关键护理医学 关键护理医学
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行严重影响了先前存在神经肌肉疾病的个体.
- SARS-CoV-2 感染呈现出广泛的神经肌肉并发症,超越呼吸系统症状.
- 了解这些神经系统序列对于患者的管理和预后至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 审查COVID-19感染与神经肌肉系统之间的多方面的关系.
- 列出和讨论与SARS-CoV-2相关的各种神经肌肉并发症.
- 突出COVID-19对先前存在的神经肌肉疾病的患者的影响.
主要方法:
- 文献综述综合了有关COVID-19和神经肌肉疾病的当前知识.
- 对已记录的病例和临床观察的分析.
- 讨论将SARS-CoV-2与神经肌肉系统功能障碍联系在一起的病理机制.
主要成果:
- COVID-19与直接和间接的神经肌肉并发症有关.
- 报告的疾病包括严重疾病神经肌病,外围神经,肌痛和位置性压缩性神经病变.
- 观察到已经存在的疾病的恶化,如肌痛性肌痛症和吉兰-巴雷综合征.
结论:
- COVID-19对感染者和以前患有神经肌肉疾病的人来说,对神经肌肉系统构成重大风险.
- 对这些多样化的神经系统表现的全面理解和认知是必不可少的.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明长期的神经肌肉结果和优化治疗策略.
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