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Manic Episodes in a Patient With Neurosyphilis Following Brief Discontinuation of Bipolar Medication
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder resulting in episodes of either mania or hypomania. The episodes can manifest themselves as a period of abnormally and persistently elevated mood, abnormally and persistently increased activity or energy, distractibility, insomnia, grandiosity, flight of ideas, in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10504430/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37719591 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43604 |
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author | Olatunde, Hafiz Anombem, Odiaka M Mantha, Aditya Oladunjoye, Adeolu O Hudish, Tyler |
author_facet | Olatunde, Hafiz Anombem, Odiaka M Mantha, Aditya Oladunjoye, Adeolu O Hudish, Tyler |
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description | Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder resulting in episodes of either mania or hypomania. The episodes can manifest themselves as a period of abnormally and persistently elevated mood, abnormally and persistently increased activity or energy, distractibility, insomnia, grandiosity, flight of ideas, increased activity, pressured speech, and racing thoughts. Neurosyphilis is a progression of syphilis infection involving the brain, meninges, or spinal cord. The interaction between bipolar disorder and neurosyphilis has not been extensively studied, but it has been theorized that neurosyphilis can exacerbate mood disorders. This case study details a patient with concurrent late-onset bipolar disorder and neurosyphilis and how the discontinuation of bipolar medication resulted in an acute manic episode. In addition, this case underscores the importance of differentiating the presenting symptoms between bipolar disorder and neurosyphilis. |
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spelling | pubmed-105044302023-09-17 Manic Episodes in a Patient With Neurosyphilis Following Brief Discontinuation of Bipolar Medication Olatunde, Hafiz Anombem, Odiaka M Mantha, Aditya Oladunjoye, Adeolu O Hudish, Tyler Cureus Psychiatry Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder resulting in episodes of either mania or hypomania. The episodes can manifest themselves as a period of abnormally and persistently elevated mood, abnormally and persistently increased activity or energy, distractibility, insomnia, grandiosity, flight of ideas, increased activity, pressured speech, and racing thoughts. Neurosyphilis is a progression of syphilis infection involving the brain, meninges, or spinal cord. The interaction between bipolar disorder and neurosyphilis has not been extensively studied, but it has been theorized that neurosyphilis can exacerbate mood disorders. This case study details a patient with concurrent late-onset bipolar disorder and neurosyphilis and how the discontinuation of bipolar medication resulted in an acute manic episode. In addition, this case underscores the importance of differentiating the presenting symptoms between bipolar disorder and neurosyphilis. Cureus 2023-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10504430/ /pubmed/37719591 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43604 Text en Copyright © 2023, Olatunde et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Olatunde, Hafiz Anombem, Odiaka M Mantha, Aditya Oladunjoye, Adeolu O Hudish, Tyler Manic Episodes in a Patient With Neurosyphilis Following Brief Discontinuation of Bipolar Medication |
title | Manic Episodes in a Patient With Neurosyphilis Following Brief Discontinuation of Bipolar Medication |
title_full | Manic Episodes in a Patient With Neurosyphilis Following Brief Discontinuation of Bipolar Medication |
title_fullStr | Manic Episodes in a Patient With Neurosyphilis Following Brief Discontinuation of Bipolar Medication |
title_full_unstemmed | Manic Episodes in a Patient With Neurosyphilis Following Brief Discontinuation of Bipolar Medication |
title_short | Manic Episodes in a Patient With Neurosyphilis Following Brief Discontinuation of Bipolar Medication |
title_sort | manic episodes in a patient with neurosyphilis following brief discontinuation of bipolar medication |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10504430/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37719591 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43604 |
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