Maheshwari Mani, Athiraman Hemanthkumar
Hospital Medicine, Banner Health, Mesa, USA.
Hospital Medicine, Banner Health, Phoenix, USA.
Cureus. 2022 Mar 14;14(3):e23148. doi: 10.7759/cureus.23148. eCollection 2022 Mar.
On the rise due to its effects of euphoria, recreational use of nitrous oxide can cause severe neurologic symptoms caused by marked and rapid onset of vitamin B12 deficiency. This is a case of a young 34-year-old male who presented with an inability to walk and confusion caused by vitamin B12 deficiency in the setting of recreational nitrous oxide use.
由于其欣快作用,氧化亚氮的娱乐性使用呈上升趋势,这可能会因维生素B12缺乏的显著且快速发作而导致严重的神经症状。本文报告一例34岁年轻男性病例,该患者在娱乐性使用氧化亚氮的情况下,因维生素B12缺乏出现行走困难和意识模糊。