ArticleNeurobiology of sleep and circadian rhythms2020
COVID-19-associated sleep disorders: A case report.
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- Restless legs syndrome is associated with long-COVID in women.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022Article
- Sleep disorders and COVID-19.Sleep medicine · 2022Article
- Persistent, new-onset symptoms and mental health complaints in Long COVID in a Brazilian cohort of non-hospitalized patients.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- [Neurological complications and consequences of new coronavirus COVID-19 infection in elderly and old patients (literature review).]Advances in gerontology = Uspekhi gerontologii · 2022Article
- Prevalence of restless legs syndrome during the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic in South Korea: A nationwide cross-sectional population-based study.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Exploring COVID-19 patients' experiences of psychological distress during the disease course: a qualitative study.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
- The Circadian Clock, the Brain, and COVID-19: The Cases of Olfaction and the Timing of Sleep.Journal of biological rhythms · 2021Article
- Case report of restless anal syndrome as restless legs syndrome variant after COVID-19.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Brain Mechanisms of COVID-19-Sleep Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- New-onset restless leg syndrome in a COVID-19 patient: a case report with literature review.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Review
- COVID-Somnia: How the Pandemic Affects Sleep/Wake Regulation and How to Deal with it?Sleep and vigilance · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeWe reported one patient infected with acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) presented with sleep disorders; insomnia and restless leg syndrome.
methodsPatient data were obtained from medical records from Al-Raghy Isolation Hospital in Assuit University.
resultsA 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.
conclusionOur 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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