SARS-COV-2 INFECTION AND THYROID DISEASES

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARSCoV- 2) virus, was identified as the cause of a pandemic of respiratory illness in Wuhan, China one year ago. The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), may cause mild disease with nonspecific signs and symptoms such as fever, cough, myalgia, and fatigue, or severe pneumonia with respiratory failure and sepsis. However, endocrinological manifestations are yet to be established, in patients with COVID-19. The effect of COVID-19 on thyroid function is unknown at this time. Evidence support that patients with COVID-19 who are followed up in intensive care units may develop thyroid dysfunction as a non-thyroidal illness syndrome. Until now, twenty-two cases with subacute thyroiditis and five cases with Graves’ Diseases potentially associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection have been reported in literature. Physicians should be aware of possible relationships between thyroid dysfunction and COVID-19. This study aimed to review thyroid dysfunction in patients with COVID-19, and to overview thyroid diseases that are probably related to COVID-19.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• SARS-CoV-2
• thyroid
• non-thyroidal illness syndrome
• subacute thyroiditis
• Graves’ disease

SARS-COV-2 ENFEKSİYONU VE TİROİD HASTALIKLARI

Abstract

Şiddetli akut solunum sendromu-koronavirüs-2 (SARS-CoV-2) virüsü, bir yıl önce Çin’in Wuhan kentinde bir solunum yolu hastalığı salgınının nedeni olarak tanımlandı. Coronavirus hastalığı 2019 (COVID-19), ateş, öksürük, miyalji ve yorgunluk gibi spesifik olmayan bulgu ve semptomlarla hafif hastalığa veya solunum yetmezliği ve sepsisle birlikte şiddetli pnömoniye neden olabilir. Bununla birlikte, COVID-19 hastalarında endokrinolojik belirtiler henüz tanımlanmamıştır. Şu anda, COVID-19’un tiroid fonksiyonu üzerinde bir etkisinin olup olmadığı belirsizdir. Kanıtlar yoğun bakım ünitelerinde takip edilen COVID-19 hastalarının hasta ötiroid sendrom olarak tiroid disfonksiyonu geliştirebileceklerini desteklemektedir. Şimdiye kadar, literatürde potansiyel olarak SARS-CoV-2 enfeksiyonu ile ilişkili yirmi iki subakut tiroidit vakası ve beş Graves’ hastalığı vakası bildirilmiştir. Hekimler, tiroid disfonksiyonu ile COVID-19 arasındaki olası ilişkilerin farkında olmalıdır. Bu derlemede, COVID-19 hastalarında tiroid disfonksiyonu ve muhtemelen COVID-19 ile ilişkili tiroid hastalıklarının gözden geçirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• SARS-CoV-2
• tiroid
• non-tiroidal hastalık sendromu
• subakut tiroidit
• Graves’ hastalığı

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