在COVID-19后神经热病毒VZV重新激活后的静脉管功能障碍:一个案例研究
Isaac T Cooley1, Adam Alamillo1, Jennifer Eichert1
1Department of Audiology, Newport Mesa Audiology Balance & Ear Institute, Costa Mesa, CA, USA.
The American journal of case reports
|October 8, 2023
概括
COVID-19感染可能会通过重新激活神经变性病毒 (如带状疹) 来触发前庭功能障碍. 本案例报告强调了COVID-19,病毒再激活和平衡障碍之间的潜在联系.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 耳鼻喉科 耳鼻喉科 耳鼻喉科
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 由SARS-CoV-2引起的COVID-19大流行导致了各种临床问题,包括潜在的神经和前体并发症.
- 新出现的证据表明,COVID-19感染与前体功能改变之间存在联系.
- 这项研究侧重于一个特定的病例,涉及COVID-19和带状疹重新激活后的前庭功能障碍.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19和带状疹重新激活后报告前庭功能障碍病例.
- 为了探索COVID-19之间潜在的关联,病毒的重新激活,和前置系统损伤.
- 强调需要进一步研究COVID-19对前置系统的影响.
主要方法:
- 一个67岁的女性患者的病例报告.
- 详细的病史,包括COVID-19诊断和带状疹.
- 综合平衡评估,包括对外围带病变,耳骨功能障碍和神经感官听力损失的评估.
主要成果:
- 患者出现了,听力损失,耳,头和COVID-19后的失衡以及带状疹.
- 平衡评估表明右边外围静脉病变,耳膜功能障碍和右侧神经神经感官听力损失.
- 研究结果表明,COVID-19,免疫抑制,病毒再激活 (VZV) 和随后的前体功能障碍之间可能存在联系.
结论:
- COVID-19可能会增加前体缺陷的风险,可能是通过像疹病毒 (Varicella-Zoster Virus,VZV) 这样的神经变病毒的重新激活.
- 与COVID-19相关的细胞介导免疫力下降可能会促进病毒活性和随后的前体功能障碍.
- 静脉干预可能提供一种治疗方法,以改善受影响个体的静脉功能.
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