Campdesuner Victoria, Teklie Yeshanew, Alkayali Talal, Pierce Derek, George Justin
Internal Medicine, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Florida State University College of Medicine, Sarasota, USA.
Cureus. 2020 Jul 9;12(7):e9088. doi: 10.7759/cureus.9088.
Nitrous oxide, primarily used in the medical field and in the food industry, can cause symptoms of euphoria and analgesia. Recreational use of nitrous oxide is rising, as are reports of its adverse effects, including neurologic complaints secondary to an evoked vitamin B12 deficiency. We outline a case of a patient presenting with several neurologic symptoms and found to have myelopathy secondary to vitamin B12 deficiency in the presence of prolonged recreational nitrous oxide use.
一氧化二氮主要用于医疗领域和食品工业,可引发欣快感和镇痛症状。一氧化二氮的娱乐性使用呈上升趋势,其不良反应的报告也在增加,包括继发于维生素B12缺乏引起的神经症状。我们概述了一例患者,该患者出现多种神经症状,在长期娱乐性使用一氧化二氮的情况下,被发现患有继发于维生素B12缺乏的脊髓病。