IL-6 Serum Levels in COVID-19 Patients With Vertigo

Introduction Dizziness and vertigo represent well-established symptoms of COVID-19. An overexpression of cytokines, a condition often described with the term "cytokine storm" or "hypercytokinemia", is a key characteristic of SARS-Cov-2 infection and plays a pivotal role in diseas...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2023-02, Vol.15 (2), p.e35042-e35042
Main Authors: Kitsos, Dimitrios, Tzartos, John, Korres, George, Giannopapas, Vasileios, Riga, Maria, Stergiou, Christos, Tsoga, Anthi, Grigoropoulos, Christos, Paraskevas, Georgios, Zompola, Christina, Nikolopoulos, Thomas, Giannopoulos, Sotirios
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Language:English
Subjects:
Autoimmune diseases
COVID-19
Cytokines
Disease
Gender
Growth factors
Hospitals
Immunoassay
Infections
Infectious Disease
Neurology
Otolaryngology
Oxidative stress
Patients
Regression analysis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Tumor necrosis factor-TNF
Vertigo
Viral infections
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Summary:Introduction Dizziness and vertigo represent well-established symptoms of COVID-19. An overexpression of cytokines, a condition often described with the term "cytokine storm" or "hypercytokinemia", is a key characteristic of SARS-Cov-2 infection and plays a pivotal role in disease progression and prognosis. Among them, IL-6 is of major importance.  Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate any probable IL-6 serum titer difference in COVID-19 patients with vertigo (V+) or without vertigo (V-) admitted to the COVID-19 internal medicine departments of Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece, within 12 months. Methods The sample consisted of 52 COVID-19 patients who were diagnosed between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020. Of those, 31 reported vertigos during their admission (V+), while the remaining 21 COVID-19 patients did not complain of such symptoms (V-). Results Higher IL-6 serum levels post-COVID-19 infections lead to higher incidence rates of vertigo symptoms (p
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.35042