Open AccessDaytime Hypersomnolence in COVID-19: A Case Report and Literature Review
Author(s) -
Mahya Shabani,
Besharat Rahimi,
Mohammad Mehdi Mehrabi Nejad,
Reza Erfanian,
Arezu Najafi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta medica iranica.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1735-9694
pISSN - 0044-6025
DOI - 10.18502/acta.v59i12.8068
Subject(s) - medicine , excessive daytime sleepiness , covid-19 , neurocognitive , daytime , encephalitis , outbreak , pediatrics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychiatry , sleep disorder , virology , virus , cognition , atmospheric sciences , geology
Coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) is confirmed to develop neurocognitive complications. In the present paper, we describe two patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and excessive daytime sleepiness. In the present study, we reported two laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 with excessive daytime sleepiness. Patients had drowsiness and mild confusion on presentation. In both cases, CNS infections, including meningitis and encephalitis, were ruled out. Both patients’ symptoms remarkably improved following the therapeutic course indicating the direct effect of SARS-CoV2 in sleep modulating centers on the brain. COVID-19 should be considered in patients with excessive daytime sleepiness and drowsiness in the current outbreak.