Warning of serious brain disorders in people with mild Covid symptoms
Doctors may be missing signs of serious and potentially fatal brain disorders triggered by coronavirus, as they emerge in mildly affected or recovering patients, scientists have warned.
Neurologists are on Wednesday publishing details of more than 40 UK Covid-19 patients whose complications ranged from brain inflammation and delirium to nerve damage and stroke. In some cases, the neurological problem was the patient’s first and main symptom ...
... “We’re seeing things in the way Covid-19 affects the brain that we haven’t seen before with other viruses,” said Michael Zandi, a senior author on the study and a consultant at the institute and University College London Hospitals NHS foundation trust.
“What we’ve seen with some of these Adem patients, and in other patients, is you can have severe neurology, you can be quite sick, but actually have trivial lung disease,” he added.
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Apart from fatalities, many doctors now fear that Covid-19 will leave behind an entire generation of disabled people. Contrary to what many think, there are many health conditions that cannot be diagnosed without invasive procedures. Doctors often don’t know what is causing their patients’ symptoms.
UK neurologists publish details of mildly affected or recovering patients with serious or potentially fatal brain conditions
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