According to British doctors, these complications are more common than previously thought. They can be in the form of ACV or hallucinations. complication
According to British doctors, these complications are more common than previously thought. They can be in the form of ACV or hallucinations.
Life-threatening complications of Covid-19 that affect the brain, such as stroke, delirium, hallucinations or nerve damage, may be more common than previously thought, a team of doctors in the UK warned on Wednesday.
Severe Covid-19 infections are known to carry risks of neurological complications, but research from University College London (UCL) suggests serious problems can occur even in those with mild forms.
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The team focused on the neurological symptoms of 43 patients hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 disease. Among them are ten cases of temporary brain dysfunction, twelve cases of brain inflammation, eight cerebrovascular incidents (CVA) and eight cases of nerve damage.
neurological disorders
Most of these patients with inflammation were diagnosed with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM, also called postinfectious encephalitis), a rare disease that usually occurs in children after viral infections.
“We identified a higher than expected number of people with neurological disorders (…), which did not always correlate with the severity of respiratory symptoms,” according to Michael Zandi, from UCL’s Queen Square Institute of Neurology.
The study, published in the journal Brain, shows that none of the patients diagnosed with neurological problems had the Covid-19 virus in their cerebrospinal fluid, suggesting that the virus did not directly attack their brains.
various complications
“Because the disease has only been around for the last few months, we don’t yet know what long-term damage Covid-19 can cause,” says Ross Paterson from UCL’s Queen Square Institute of Neurology. “Clinicians need to be aware of neurological effects as much as possible, because early diagnosis can improve patient health outcomes.” With more than 11 million confirmed infections in the world, it is known that, in addition to affecting the lungs, the Covid-19 disease can cause a series of complications.
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Even if this new work suggests that brain complications may be more common than previously thought, experts point out that this does not mean they are widespread. “A lot of attention to this pandemic, it is very unlikely that there will be a major pandemic, parallel brain injuries are infrequently associated with covid-19,” said Anthony David, director of the UCL Institute of Mental Health.
Date updated: July 8, 2020, 2:58 PM
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