Is N95 face mask linked to dizziness and headache?
Dizziness
Headache
N95 mask
Respiratory alkalosis
Surgical mask
Journal
International archives of occupational and environmental health
ISSN: 1432-1246
Titre abrégé: Int Arch Occup Environ Health
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 7512134
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2021
10 2021
Historique:
received:
10
08
2020
accepted:
04
02
2021
pubmed:
2
3
2021
medline:
16
9
2021
entrez:
1
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals are recommended to use PPE to prevent the transmission of disease. Healthcare workers who use N95 FFR, which has an important place, experience complaints such as headache and dizziness. In this study, we plan to find the cause of these complaints and aim to clarify whether they are associated with the use of N95 mask. Healthcare workers first put on a surgical mask for at least 1 h and a maximum of 4 h, this process was then repeated on another day with the same workers wearing N95 masks. After removing the mask, capillary blood gases were taken and a questionnaire was given. Thirty-four participants over the age of 18 were included in the study; 19 participants were female (56%) and 15 male (44%). The results of the capillary blood gas analysis after the use of surgical mask and N95 mask, respectively: pH: 7.43 ± 0.03; 7.48 ± 0.04 (p < 0.001); pCO Respiratory alkalosis and hypocarbia were detected after the use of N95. Acute respiratory alkalosis can cause headache, anxiety, tremor, muscle cramps. In this study, it was quantitatively shown that the participants' symptoms were due to respiratory alkalosis and hypocarbia.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33646335
doi: 10.1007/s00420-021-01665-3
pii: 10.1007/s00420-021-01665-3
pmc: PMC7919621
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1627-1636Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature.
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