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Self-reported Tinnitus and Vertigo or Dizziness in a Cohort of Adult Long COVID Patients

Tinnitus, vertigo and dizziness are symptoms commonly reported among Long and Post COVID patients, however the severity of these symptoms has not been assessed in large trials. Therefore, in this study a large cohort of Long COVID patients was surveyed about the presence and severity of tinnitus and...

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Autores principales: Degen, Chantal Vanessa, Mikuteit, Marie, Niewolik, Jacqueline, Schröder, Dominik, Vahldiek, Kai, Mücke, Urs, Heinemann, Stephanie, Müller, Frank, Behrens, Georg Martin Norbert, Klawonn, Frank, Dopfer-Jablonka, Alexandra, Steffens, Sandra
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9082801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35547372
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.884002
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author Degen, Chantal Vanessa
Mikuteit, Marie
Niewolik, Jacqueline
Schröder, Dominik
Vahldiek, Kai
Mücke, Urs
Heinemann, Stephanie
Müller, Frank
Behrens, Georg Martin Norbert
Klawonn, Frank
Dopfer-Jablonka, Alexandra
Steffens, Sandra
author_facet Degen, Chantal Vanessa
Mikuteit, Marie
Niewolik, Jacqueline
Schröder, Dominik
Vahldiek, Kai
Mücke, Urs
Heinemann, Stephanie
Müller, Frank
Behrens, Georg Martin Norbert
Klawonn, Frank
Dopfer-Jablonka, Alexandra
Steffens, Sandra
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description Tinnitus, vertigo and dizziness are symptoms commonly reported among Long and Post COVID patients, however the severity of these symptoms has not been assessed in large trials. Therefore, in this study a large cohort of Long COVID patients was surveyed about the presence and severity of tinnitus and vertigo or dizziness symptoms. The online survey was completed by a German cohort of 1,082 adult Long COVID patients after a mean period of 43.2 weeks ± 23.4 weeks after infection. Eighty percent were not fully vaccinated (at least two vaccinations) at the time of their first COVID symptoms and 9.8% were hospitalized in the course of their acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. At the time of the survey, 60% of patients reported the presence of vertigo or dizziness with a mean severity of 4.6 ± 2.7 on a scale of 1 (least severe) to 10 (most severe) and 30% complained of tinnitus with a mean severity of 4.8 ± 3.0. Approximately one fifth of the participants with tinnitus and vertigo or dizziness, rated their symptoms to be severe. The data shown in this study confirms that tinnitus and vertigo or dizziness are common symptoms in Long COVID patients and demonstrates, that a compelling number of patients rate their symptoms as severe. The self-reported severity highlights the need for Long COVID clinics to address these symptoms effectively. We suggest a multidisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic approach to prevent further morbidity and socioeconomic burden for Long COVID patients suffering from severe vertigo, dizziness or tinnitus.
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spelling pubmed-90828012022-05-10 Self-reported Tinnitus and Vertigo or Dizziness in a Cohort of Adult Long COVID Patients Degen, Chantal Vanessa Mikuteit, Marie Niewolik, Jacqueline Schröder, Dominik Vahldiek, Kai Mücke, Urs Heinemann, Stephanie Müller, Frank Behrens, Georg Martin Norbert Klawonn, Frank Dopfer-Jablonka, Alexandra Steffens, Sandra Front Neurol Neurology Tinnitus, vertigo and dizziness are symptoms commonly reported among Long and Post COVID patients, however the severity of these symptoms has not been assessed in large trials. Therefore, in this study a large cohort of Long COVID patients was surveyed about the presence and severity of tinnitus and vertigo or dizziness symptoms. The online survey was completed by a German cohort of 1,082 adult Long COVID patients after a mean period of 43.2 weeks ± 23.4 weeks after infection. Eighty percent were not fully vaccinated (at least two vaccinations) at the time of their first COVID symptoms and 9.8% were hospitalized in the course of their acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. At the time of the survey, 60% of patients reported the presence of vertigo or dizziness with a mean severity of 4.6 ± 2.7 on a scale of 1 (least severe) to 10 (most severe) and 30% complained of tinnitus with a mean severity of 4.8 ± 3.0. Approximately one fifth of the participants with tinnitus and vertigo or dizziness, rated their symptoms to be severe. The data shown in this study confirms that tinnitus and vertigo or dizziness are common symptoms in Long COVID patients and demonstrates, that a compelling number of patients rate their symptoms as severe. The self-reported severity highlights the need for Long COVID clinics to address these symptoms effectively. We suggest a multidisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic approach to prevent further morbidity and socioeconomic burden for Long COVID patients suffering from severe vertigo, dizziness or tinnitus. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9082801/ /pubmed/35547372 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.884002 Text en Copyright © 2022 Degen, Mikuteit, Niewolik, Schröder, Vahldiek, Mücke, Heinemann, Müller, Behrens, Klawonn, Dopfer-Jablonka and Steffens. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Neurology
Degen, Chantal Vanessa
Mikuteit, Marie
Niewolik, Jacqueline
Schröder, Dominik
Vahldiek, Kai
Mücke, Urs
Heinemann, Stephanie
Müller, Frank
Behrens, Georg Martin Norbert
Klawonn, Frank
Dopfer-Jablonka, Alexandra
Steffens, Sandra
Self-reported Tinnitus and Vertigo or Dizziness in a Cohort of Adult Long COVID Patients
title Self-reported Tinnitus and Vertigo or Dizziness in a Cohort of Adult Long COVID Patients
title_full Self-reported Tinnitus and Vertigo or Dizziness in a Cohort of Adult Long COVID Patients
title_fullStr Self-reported Tinnitus and Vertigo or Dizziness in a Cohort of Adult Long COVID Patients
title_full_unstemmed Self-reported Tinnitus and Vertigo or Dizziness in a Cohort of Adult Long COVID Patients
title_short Self-reported Tinnitus and Vertigo or Dizziness in a Cohort of Adult Long COVID Patients
title_sort self-reported tinnitus and vertigo or dizziness in a cohort of adult long covid patients
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9082801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35547372
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.884002
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