COVID-19-associated sleep disorders: A case report
Purpose: We reported one patient infected with acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) presented with sleep disorders; insomnia and restless leg syndrome. Methods: Patient data were obtained from medical records from Al-Raghy Isolation Hospital in Assuit University. Results: A 49-year-...
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| author | Abeer A. Tony Effat AE. Tony Shazly B. Ali Azza M. Ezzeldin Amal A. Mahmoud |
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| description | Purpose: We reported one patient infected with acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) presented with sleep disorders; insomnia and restless leg syndrome. Methods: Patient data were obtained from medical records from Al-Raghy Isolation Hospital in Assuit University. Results: A 49-year-old female patient presented with insomnia and restless leg syndrome associated with anosmia, ageusia. Three days before, she had developed a cough, malaise and athenia, headache, arthralgia, myalgia affecting mainly upper limbs, diarrhea and a fever followed by tachypnea. The naso-oropharyngeal swab test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by qualitative real-time reverse-transcriptase–polymerase-chain-reaction assay was positive. The patient was treated with Oseltamivir 75mg and clarithromycin 500 mg (12 hourly for each respectively) for 10 days with paracetamol. Two weeks later, the patient made a complete neurological and respiratory recovery. Conclusion: Our case highlighted the rare occurrence of restless leg syndrome and insomnia during the COVID-19 pandemic. The era of sleep disorders spectrum in patients with COVID-19 remains to be characterized suggesting a frightening scientific association between COVID-19 and neuropsychiatric illness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff4ced9b2b694a06bb9d0043170fd55c2022-12-21T18:26:03ZengElsevierNeurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms2451-99442020-11-019100057COVID-19-associated sleep disorders: A case reportAbeer A. Tony0Effat AE. Tony1Shazly B. Ali2Azza M. Ezzeldin3Amal A. Mahmoud4Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University, Egypt; Corresponding author.Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University, EgyptDepartment of Chest and Sleep Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University, EgyptDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University, EgyptDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University, EgyptPurpose: We reported one patient infected with acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) presented with sleep disorders; insomnia and restless leg syndrome. Methods: Patient data were obtained from medical records from Al-Raghy Isolation Hospital in Assuit University. Results: A 49-year-old female patient presented with insomnia and restless leg syndrome associated with anosmia, ageusia. Three days before, she had developed a cough, malaise and athenia, headache, arthralgia, myalgia affecting mainly upper limbs, diarrhea and a fever followed by tachypnea. The naso-oropharyngeal swab test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by qualitative real-time reverse-transcriptase–polymerase-chain-reaction assay was positive. The patient was treated with Oseltamivir 75mg and clarithromycin 500 mg (12 hourly for each respectively) for 10 days with paracetamol. Two weeks later, the patient made a complete neurological and respiratory recovery. Conclusion: Our case highlighted the rare occurrence of restless leg syndrome and insomnia during the COVID-19 pandemic. The era of sleep disorders spectrum in patients with COVID-19 remains to be characterized suggesting a frightening scientific association between COVID-19 and neuropsychiatric illness.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451994420300092Sleep disordersCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Abeer A. Tony Effat AE. Tony Shazly B. Ali Azza M. Ezzeldin Amal A. Mahmoud COVID-19-associated sleep disorders: A case report Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms Sleep disorders COVID-19 |
| title | COVID-19-associated sleep disorders: A case report |
| title_full | COVID-19-associated sleep disorders: A case report |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19-associated sleep disorders: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19-associated sleep disorders: A case report |
| title_short | COVID-19-associated sleep disorders: A case report |
| title_sort | covid 19 associated sleep disorders a case report |
| topic | Sleep disorders COVID-19 |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451994420300092 |
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