%0 Case Reports
%T Post COVID-19 Vertigo in a Patient with Hypothyroidism: A Case Report.
%A Guzman DC
%A Brizuela NO
%A Peraza AV
%A Herrera MO
%A Mejia GB
%A Juarez Olguin H
%J Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes
%V 17
%N 0
%D 2024
%M 38706809
%F 3.249
%R 10.2147/DMSO.S459711
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Female nurse, 44-years-old with a weight of 127 pounds. She attended our emergency clinic for an urgent care due to post COVID-19 vertigo and anxiety. Her problem began with severe, short-lived attacks of objective-circular type vertigo, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. The symptoms occurred when she assumed a lying position, turn right and sat or stood upright.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The patient received medical prescription for hypothyroidism, vertigo and anxiety symptoms. Oral route feeding was started and was well tolerated.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The patient showed good evolution with the treatment. Currently, she is at home with daily intake of levothyroxine and losartan without complications.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The clinical case suggests that in patients with hypothyroidism, COVID-19 infection may trigger and exacerbate vertigo and anxiety.