Rao Abhijith Rajaram, Hidayathullah Shaik Mohammed, Hegde Karan, Adhikari Prabha
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, India.
Department of Internal Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, India.
IDCases. 2022;27:e01388. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01388. Epub 2022 Jan 6.
Parkinsonism has a complex and multifactorial aetiology and the role of post viral infection parkinsonism has been documented. The recent pandemic has made it clear that COVID-19 causes respiratory disease and affects multiple organs, which includes the central nervous system. Here we report three cases of post COVID parkinsonism occurring in older adults, age 60 years and above, and their response to levodopa-carbidopa.
帕金森综合征病因复杂且具有多因素性,病毒感染后帕金森综合征的作用已有文献记载。近期的大流行清楚地表明,新冠病毒导致呼吸系统疾病并影响多个器官,其中包括中枢神经系统。在此,我们报告3例60岁及以上老年人发生的新冠病毒感染后帕金森综合征病例及其对左旋多巴-卡比多巴的反应。