Olfactory, trigeminal, facial, glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves: links with sars-cov-2 and neurosemiological prospects
Nervios olfatorio, trigémino, facial, glosofaríngeo y vago: vínculos con sars-cov-2 y prospectivas neurosemiológicas
Autor
Duque Parra, Jorge
Pava Ripoll, Alex
Marín Arias, José Fernando
Resumen
A brief review of olfactory, facial, glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves is presented, the first one functionally related to odoriferous chemosensory innervation in the nasal mucosa, the following four cranial nerves to endocranial headache and oropharyngeal mucosa for purposes of gustatory sensory transduction. These nerves are associated with symptoms in Covid-19 positive patients, which dysosmia, anosmia, dysgeusia, ageusia manifestation, among other neurosemiological characteristics. It is concluded that these semiological characteristics may be due to neurotropic and transynaptic mechanisms, therefore a more rigorous neurological examination should be performed on symptoms and signs of Covid-19 patients. Se presenta una breve revisión los nervios olfatorio, trigémino, facial, glosofaríngeo y vago, el primero funcionalmente relacionado con la inervación quimiosensitiva olfativa en la mucosa nasal, los siguientes para el registro de dolor endocraneal y para la mucosa orofaríngea, a efectos de transducción sensitiva gustativa. Estos nervios se vinculan con los síntomas en pacientes positivos para Covid-19, que manifiestan como dolor de cabeza, disosmia, anosmia, disgeusia, ageusia entre otras características neurosemiológicas. Se concluye que estas características semiológicas pueden deberse a mecanismos neurotrópicos y transinápticos por lo que se debe realizar un examen neurológico más riguroso sobre síntomas y signos de pacientes con Covid-19.
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