Journal Article

Functional neurologic disorder associated with SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

Burke, Matthew J., Zhu, Annie

2022

Overview

Zhu and Burke discuss the case study of a 50-year-old woman who developed involuntary movements of her legs about 4 days after her first dose of vaccine against SARS CoV-2. These involuntary jerks progressed to involve the rest of her body. The movements occurred intermittently during the day, lasting for seconds, but they affected her gait so that she required a cane to walk. In addition, she described fatigue, headache and intermittent paresthesia and pain in different parts of her body. She reported being stressed because of the pandemic and was initially hesitant to receive the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, but had decided to get her first dose because she was employed in the education sector. She had no history of smoking, recreational drug use or substantial alcohol intake. She had no relevant medical history and no psychiatric history. She reported no family history of any neurologic disorders.

• Publisher: Elsevier Inc,CMA Impact Inc,CMA Impact, Inc
• Subject: Behavior modification / Care and treatment / Causes of / Convulsions & seizures / COVID-19 - prevention & control / COVID-19 vaccines / COVID-19 Vaccines - adverse effects / Diagnosis / Electroencephalography / Humans / Immunization / Internal Medicine / Nervous system / Nervous system diseases / Nervous System Diseases - etiology / Neurological disorders / Patients / Physical therapy / Practice / Psychotherapy / Recreational drugs / SARS-CoV-2 / Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 / Vaccination - adverse effects / Vaccines