50% of coronavirus patients present this terrifying side effect
According to many new studies, your lungs are not the only organ seriously affected by Covid-19.
We all know that coronavirus is asevere respiratory disease which affects the lungs. But while the researchers dig deeper in all effects, the virus can have on the body, they discover thatOther vital organs also experience serious damage. In addition to the pulmonary system, an amazing report of the BBC discovers that about50% of coronavirus patients have undergone neurological problemssuggesting that the disease canseriously affect the brain.
The report was inspired by an April study published in theNew England Journal of Medicine, which found that 49 of 58 coronavirus patients observedsuffered by neurological issues Including "encephalopathy" - the general medical term for brain damage - including symptoms of confusion and cognitive difficulty.
"We are used to havingSome ICU patients who are stirred and need sedationbut it was completely abnormal, "Julie Helms, MD, an intensive care physician who worked on the study, told the BBC. "It has been very scary, especially because many people we have dealt with were very young - a lot in their 30s and 40, even 18 years old."
Now there are more than 300 studies from around the world who have documented"Neurological anomalies" at COVID-19 patients, ranging light headache like symptoms, anaxim (loss of taste and smell) and tingling in the ends - at extreme cases, including aphasia (losing the ability to speak), Crises and blows. "Estimates of the exact prevalence vary, but it seems that about 50% of patients diagnosed with SARS-COV-2 - the virus responsible for causing Covid-19-haveExperienced neurological problems, "BBC reports.
"We are confronted with a secondary pandemic of neurological disease,"Robert Stevens, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Medicine of Johns Hopkins Medicine, told the BBC.
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Some medical experts believe that coronavirus could be in a new category of diseases directly infecting the brain itself, breaking the mucosa of unique cells that protects it and the spinal cord of viruses and toxins. "If you asked me a month ago if there was published evidence that [COVID-19] couldcross the cerebral barrier of bloodI would have said no-but there are now many reports showing that it can absolutely, "said Stevens.
But most disconcerting in all of this may be that the side effects created by coronavirus, including those of the brain, can bemore durable than the major symptom We all came to know it for. "Even if neurological symptoms are less frequent in Covid-19 thanlung problemsThe recovery of neurological injuries is often incomplete and can take much more than other organ systems, and therefore lead to a much larger global disability, and possibly more deaths, "said Helms. And for more durable effects of Covid-19, check out7 risks for the long-term health of coronaviruses that you need to know.
