Neuroinvasion of COVID-19 pandemic: New Findings
| Autor: | Mohammed Gamal Abdellatif, Ahmed Gamal Arafa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Neurology Guillain-Barre syndrome business.industry 010102 general mathematics Anosmia Outbreak Disease medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pandemic medicine 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics medicine.symptom Intensive care medicine business Encephalitis Coronavirus |
| Zdroj: | Sohag Medical Journal. 24:18-22 |
| ISSN: | 1687-8353 |
| DOI: | 10.21608/smj.2020.29704.1159 |
| Popis: | The fast invasion of coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) attributed to severe acuterespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is becoming international major health problem. It has been defined as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March this year. Nearly all COVID-19 patients have dyspnea as the most prominent symptom. Neurologic manifestations may also present such as anosmia, headache, confusion, encephalitis Guillain Barre syndrome and cerebrovascular stroke. Coronaviruses are well known to be neuroinvasive. Accumulating proof is present that coronaviruses disease is not consistently restricted area of respiratory system. The nervous system may be involved in vulnerable patients and may cause severe complications and death. Post-infectious, autoimmune complications in the recovery period may also happen. It is of highly importance to understand and identify neurologic burden of to help treatment strategies as the current pandemic continues to grow. Many recent reports confirmed central nervous system involvement in COVID-19 infected patients. We will try to explore the neurologic symptoms and complications of the new mysterious outbreak. |
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