Anton syndrome during oxygen-ozone therapy

• Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine 2015-06, Vol.33 (6), p.856.e1-856.e2
• Main Authors: Avcı, Sema, MD, Büyükcam, Fatih, MD, Demir, Ömer Faruk, MD, Özkan, Seda, MD
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Blindness, Cortical - diagnosis; Blindness, Cortical - etiology; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Ear diseases; Emergency; Emergency medical care; Female; Humans; Meniere Disease - therapy; Muscles; Otolaryngology; Oxygen; Oxygen Inhalation Therapy - adverse effects; Ozone - adverse effects; Stroke; Syndrome; Veins & arteries
• ISSN: 0735-6757; 1532-8171
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.11.041

Ozone (O₃) gas is a molecule that consists of 3 oxygen atoms, found out in the mid-19th century [1]. Ozone gas preserves humans from detrimental influences of ultraviolet radiation [1]. In spite of harmful effects of O₃ gas, investigators think that it has excessive curative effects [1]. Nowadays, O₃ therapy is used for many fields of medicine in precise therapeutic doses [1] and [2]. It is known that O₃ therapy is helpful in dental procedures, cerebrovascular diseases, tinnitus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, hypercholesterolemia, sensorial hypoacusis, senile dementia, multiple sclerosis, irradiation sensitive tumors, herpes simplex and herpes zoster virus infections, muscular hypertonia, and chronic otitis media, etc.[2]. The complications and disadvantages of O₃ therapy could be observed in the future. Herein, we presented a case of ischemic stroke after an oxygen-O₃ therapy, which is called also Anton syndrome.