Isolated Sensorineural Hearing Loss as a Sequela after Lightning Strike

Turan, Mahfuz; Kalkan, Ferhat; Bozan, Nazım; Özçalimli, İsa; Erdem, Mehmet Zeki; Yalınkılıç, Abdülaziz; Garça, Mehmet Fatih

doi:10.1155/2015/738416

Cited by 8 publications

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“…Usually, the hearing loss is more common secondary to rupture or damage to tympanic membrane, but occasional cases have been reported to have SNHL. This hearing loss is due to either vascular or structural damage to the inner ear [10].…”

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Lightning Injury with Multi-System Involvement

Patankar¹,

Patil²,

Chandrakar³

2020

Case Rep Acute Med

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Lightning leads to trauma and disability such as burns, hearing loss, blindness, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac arrest, stroke, kidney injury, and can also lead to death. Such cases are seldom reported, and hence their database is scanty. We present a case of a 40-year-old female with lightning injury with four such manifestations, which is not commonly encountered. We have elaborated on these complications of lightning injury and their timely management, which has led us to good patient outcome.

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Lightning Injury with Multi-System Involvement

Patankar¹,

Patil²,

Chandrakar³

2020

Case Rep Acute Med

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“…Selain itu, gangguan ini berkaitan dengan gangguan anatomi telinga bagian dalam, perdarahan mikro, dan fraktur mikro di koklea. Vertigo transien merupakan gejala vestibular yang gejala paling umum (Turan et al, 2015). Hal ini sesuai dengan kondisi klinis pasien dimana pasien mengeluhkan pendengaran pada kedua telinganya terganggu dan pada pemeriksaan fisik tidak ditemukan kelainan pada strukur telinga luar dan tengah Efek sambaran petir lainnya yaitu terjadinya gangguan kelistrikan pada tubuh.…”

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Major Burns After Lightning Strikes at Field: Case Report

Elfiah

Akbar²

2022

AMS

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Lightning injuries can cause multi-organ damage such as burns, ear damage, and nervous system damage. The type of Burns in this trauma consists of linear or flash burns, punctate burns, thermal injuries, Lichtenburg figures, and combination wounds which are generally superficial and heal faster. Lightning strikes also cause ear damage in the form of perforation of the tympanic membrane, bleeding, and micro fractures in the cochlea. The sequelae in lightning injury survivors consist of permanent brain injury, chronic pain syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, and blindness. This case is a man, 20 years old, working as a farmer, referred to the hospital because he was struck by lightning while working in the middle of the rice fields during heavy rain. There were complaints of pain, heat throughout the body, and decreased hearing in both ears in the anamnesis. Physical examination showed a general condition within normal limits. Local status examination found burns as large as 31.5% of the body area, with 2a degree burns (partial thickness) on the chest, back, upper and lower limbs. Examination of the outer and middle ear revealed no abnormalities. The principle of the treatment refers to the electric burns treatment with initial therapy in fluid resuscitation, evaluation of ECG, adequate analgesia, and wound care. The advanced phase of the treatment focuses on treating the burns and evaluating the hearing loss. Adequate care for nine days showed that the wound was epithelialized by 60% of the total wound area and without any other complaints. This case is essential to be studied considering that Indonesia's natural conditions allow for lightning strikes, especially during the rainy season, so lightning is a threat to farmers as a part of the agro-industrial community. Keywords: Lightning injuries, burns, agroindustrial

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“…The barotrauma component may chiefly injure the ear. 37 In most of the surviving patients after a lightning strike, audiovestibular abnormalities have been reported. The most frequently reported type of abnormalities is a tympanic membrane perforation with hearing loss and external ear canal burn.…”

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