Comorbidities of PTE
| Conditions/Diagnoses | Symptoms | |
|---|---|---|
| Sensorimotor Deficits | Vision disturbances | Difficulty recognizing or processing objects, blurry or lost vision, double vision, loss of depth perception |
| Tinnitus | High-pitched ringing or buzzing in one or both ears, often associated with hearing loss | |
| Neuropathic itch | Skin tingling or pain resulting from nervous system damage | |
| Vestibular agnosia | Loss of vertigo perception and imbalance | |
| Motor deficits | Imbalance, changes in ambulatory gait, loss of fine motor skills | |
| Cognitive Impairments | Mental fatigue and attention impairment | Inability to concentrate or focus, even on simple tasks |
| Short-term memory impairment | Inability to recall or remember information to which the subject was recently exposed | |
| Difficulty with critical thinking or problem solving | Difficulty processing, analyzing, evaluating, or synthesizing information to reflect, reason, communicate, or solve problems | |
| Psychiatric Disorders | Depression/affective disorders | Constant feeling of sadness, loss or interest, and irritability; often associated with fatigue, lack of motivation, difficulty with recall, or suicidal thoughts |
| Anxiety | Intense, excessive, and persistent worry or fear about everyday situations; avoidance; phobias; obsessive compulsive symptoms | |
| PTSD | Difficulty recovering after a traumatic event that triggers moments of intense emotional and physical reactions, such as headache, nightmares, pain, flashbacks, amnesia, or difficulty concentrating | |
| ADHD | Hyperactivity, impaired attention, reduced work speed, and difficulty with working or short-term memory | |
| Sleep Disorders | Insomnia | Difficulty falling or staying asleep, insufficient number of hours or sleep despite adequate opportunity |
| Parasomnia | Night terrors, sleep walking/talking, confusion arousals, REM sleep behavior disorder | |
| Idiopathic hypersomnia | Excessive daytime sleepiness | |
| Narcolepsy | Overwhelming daytime sleepiness and sudden attacks of sleep, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, sleep-related hallucinations | |
| Sleep apnea | Snoring, restlessness, apnea, open-mouth breathing, sleep fragmentation | |
| Circadian rhythm disorder | Sleep-wake cycle is not aligned with environment/schedule and interferes with daily activities; difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep |