The physician prescribed her non-specific COVID-19 medications and advised her to isolate herself at home. Other laboratory results are shown in Table Table1. Based on the previous contact with a confirmed COVID-19 patient who lives with her at the same home and her current symptoms, laboratory investigations were done and elucidated that she was infected with SARS-COV-2. The physician prescribed her betahistine dihydrochloride 24 mg daily as anti-vertigo medication. Cranial nerves and other neurological examinations were normal without nystagmus or auditory disorders. She was given an antihypertensive agent to lower her blood pressure and intravenous access was done with anti-vertigo drugs to control the vertigo attack. SARS-COV-2 may lead to vestibular neuritis causing vertigo and other related symptoms, but more well-designed observational studies with a large sample size are needed to establish a definite association between COVID-19 and vertigo.Ī 60-year- old female patient with a 9 days history of fever, cough, hoarseness of voice, sore throat, runny nose, dyspnea, myalgia, and fatigue, presented to the emergency department with acute vertigo attack without nausea or vomiting. After discharge, the patient was advised to continue the anti-vertigo drugs and COVID-19 medications. The patient was managed with antihypertensive, anti-vertigo medications, and COVID-19 protocol for mild cases. Laboratory findings confirmed a current COVID-19 infection. A full physical examination showed no other auditory or neurological symptoms and she never experienced vertigo before. A 60-year-old diabetic and hypertensive female patient with a 9-days history of COVID-19 symptoms presented to the emergency department with acute vertigo attack without nausea or vomiting. Vertigo is a symptom indicating dysfunction of the vestibular system and this report of a 60-year-old female patient points out the possible association between new-onset vertigo and SARS-COV-2 infection. In addition to the known pathophysiological sequelae of the SARS-COV-2 virus and its related respiratory symptoms, several studies have recently reported cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and neurological symptoms of new-onset after a history of infection.
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