Part of the Covid19 puzzle: Acute parkinsonism.
Am J Emerg Med
; 47: 333.e1-333.e3, 2021 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1101050
ABSTRACT
Parkinsonism developed owing to viruses is one of the important causes of secondary parkinsonism. After the Spanish flu pandemic, the increase in the number of parkinsonian cases in the long term has drawn attention on the relationship between viruses and parkinsonism. For this reason, the relationship between influenza and parkinsonism has been studied most. Nowadays in which we are experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists, based on the experiences gained from the Spanish flu pandemic, have drawn attention to the fact that the third wave of the pandemic might be parkinsonism. However, as we have reviewed in the literature, acute parkinsonism due to COVID-19 was not reported during this pandemic. Here, we present a case in which signs of acute parkinsonism developed on the 3rd day of the illness and neurological symptoms regressed with convalescent plasma treatment.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parkinsonian Disorders
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Qualitative research
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Am J Emerg Med
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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