Sönmez Doğancan, Hocaoğlu Çiçek
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Rize, Turkey.
Noro Psikiyatr Ars. 2023 Aug 3;60(3):288-291. doi: 10.29399/npa.28305. eCollection 2023.
Manganese regulates many enzymes in the human body and is essential for normal development and bodily function. Chronic manganese poisoning has an insidious and progressive course and usually begins with nonspecific complaints such as headache, fatigue, sleep disturbances, irritability and emotional instability. In the following process, neurological symptoms like parkinsonism are added. A severe clinical condition that is irreversible may occur. In this case report, a female patient who applied to the psychiatry outpatient clinic with depressive symptoms and was diagnosed with manganese intoxication in the following period will be presented.
锰调节人体中的多种酶,对正常发育和身体功能至关重要。慢性锰中毒病程隐匿且呈进行性发展,通常始于头痛、疲劳、睡眠障碍、易怒和情绪不稳定等非特异性症状。在后续过程中,会出现如帕金森症等神经症状。可能会发生不可逆转的严重临床状况。在本病例报告中,将介绍一名因抑郁症状前往精神科门诊就诊,随后被诊断为锰中毒的女性患者。