Carbon Monoxide Induced Parkinsonism

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a rather common in winter months of our country because of stove and flash gas heater. While low doses CO poisoning induce cardiac and neuropsychiatric symptoms; high doses acute or chronic CO poisoning induce coma and death. We evaluated consuquent 10 patients parkinsonism findings who submitted our hospital in the last 6 months. The patients were minimum 22 maximum 60 years-old (Mean 38). Three patients had unilateral and seven patients had bilateral hypokinesia and rigidity. Together with this symptoms; all patients had encephalopathy, psychotic, cardiac or internal symptoms, at different levels. Patients took hyperbaric oxygen, pramipexola and different treatment for their sypmtoms and one of the patients died at the hospital because of cardiac arrest. Other 9 patients symptoms have reduced and their treatment are continuing.