Department of Neurology, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Korea.
Department of Neurology, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea.
J Korean Med Sci. 2020 May 25;35(20):e134. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e134.
Influenza is an epidemical acute respiratory disease caused by viral infection. Several complications in the respiratory tract, such as pneumonia can occur. However, rare but serious neurological complications are also observed. Here, we described the prevalence, characteristics and suggestive pathomechanism of syncope after influenza infection season. Of 2.2% of patients diagnosed as influenza experienced syncope. None of the patients had severe cough, low blood pressure (BP) or dehydration. Patients suffered with frequent dizziness before syncope. Patient with long duration of loss of consciousness was more observed in those with high fever or positive orthostatic BP drop.
流感是一种由病毒感染引起的流行性急性呼吸道疾病。呼吸道可能会发生几种并发症，例如肺炎。但是，也会观察到罕见但严重的神经系统并发症。在这里，我们描述了流感感染季节后晕厥的患病率、特征和提示性发病机制。在被诊断为流感的患者中，有 2.2%出现晕厥。这些患者均无剧烈咳嗽、低血压或脱水。晕厥前患者常有频繁头晕。高热或直立位血压下降阳性的患者中，意识丧失时间较长的患者更多。
