[A sudden sensorineural hearing loss caused by a thunderbolt].
The authors present a case of 12-years old girl with sudden sensorineural hearing loss caused by computer adapter explosion during the storm. She denied any tinnitus and vertigo. She was admitted immediately to ENT Ward. Audiometric examination showed rigt ear deaffness. She administered vasodilatators, oxygen, Vitamin B complex, 1% xylocain, dextran, betahistin and steroids i.v. After few days she started to hear her rigt ear. Conrtol audiometric examination showed hearing in normal range. In a case of sudden deaffness is important to strart treatment as qiuck as is possible. And we should remember that new technics with nature could be dangerous to our health.
Borowska
Karolina
K
Oddział Otolaryngologii, Miedzyleski Szpital Specjalistyczny w Warszawie.
Pietniczka-Załeska
Mirosława
M
Budzynowska
Krystyna
K
D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D003911:Dextrans / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000008:administration & dosage
D000975:Antioxidants; D003911:Dextrans; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D014803:Vitamin B Complex