一份关于在COVID-19感染后寻求护理类型疾病焦虑障碍的案例报告
Lakshmi S Kasi1,2, Bini Moorthy2
1University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Case reports in psychiatry
|December 29, 2023
概括
区分疾病焦虑症 (IAD) 和长期COVID-19 (LC-19) 症状是具有挑战性的,因为症状重叠. 本案例报告强调了在LC-19患者中识别IAD的必要性,以获得准确的诊断和护理.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 内部医学 内部医学
背景情况:
- 长期COVID-19 (LC-19) 呈现出SARS-CoV-2感染后的多样化,持久的症状.
- 疾病焦虑障碍 (IAD) 涉及过度担心患有或患上严重疾病.
- 在LC-19和IAD之间重叠的症状可能会使诊断和患者管理复杂化.
研究的目的:
- 要突出在区分IAD与LC-19的诊断挑战.
- 在患有LC-19症状的患者中呈现一种寻求护理的类型IAD病例.
- 强调在LC-19的背景下识别和治疗IAD的重要性.
主要方法:
- 一个58岁妇女的病例报告,在COVID-19后出现持续症状.
- 临床评估包括病史,实验室检查,成像和体检.
- 基于既定标准进行LC-19和IAD的诊断评估.
主要成果:
- 患者报告了与LC-19相关的显著症状:认知缺陷,呼吸困难,疲劳和厌氧.
- 尽管有正常的客观发现,但痛苦和寻求护理的行为仍然存在.
- 在LC-19症状的背景下诊断出IAD.
结论:
- 准确区分LC-19和IAD对于有效的患者护理至关重要.
- 在出现LC-19症状的患者中,应考虑和管理IAD.
- 需要进一步研究IAD,COVID-19和LC-19之间的相互作用.
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