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During the pandemic, we learned that beyond its direct effects to an infected personrespiratory system, COVID-19 has also been associated withLong-term symptoms and side effects involving various parts of a person's physics andMental Health. And according to a recent research document published in theParkinson's Disease JournalThe Scientists of Australais claim that the medical community may have underestimated the neurological consequences of the coronavirus, which even proposes that a third wave of the pandemic can cause an increased risk of conditions that affect the central nervous system - specifically Parkinson's disease.

"Although scientists are always learning how the SARS-COV-2 virus is able to invade the brain and the central nervous system, the fact that there is clearly,"Kevin J. Barnham, Doctorate, a neuroscientist of the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Australia and one of the co-authors of the document,said in a statement on the Florey Institute's website. "Our best understanding is that the virus can cause a cerebral cell insult, with a potential for neurodegeneration to follow from there."

ManySymptoms that Covid-19 Has been reported to cause one of the most common, and seemingly unofficial, among them can be the biggest indicator of a link between the virus and Parkinson. "We found thatloss of smell or a reduced smell has been reported on average over three in four people infected with the SARS-COV-2 virus "Leah BeaucampDo PhD, Florey Research and Co-author of the document, stated in the same statement of the Institute. "Although on the surface, this symptom can appear as a little worrying, it tells us a lot about what is happening inside and is that there is acute inflammation in the olfactory system responsible for the Odorat . " She added that odor loss is in the early stages of Parkinson in about 90% of cases.

The researchers point to theSpanish flu The epidemic in 1918 as a potential evidence that a virus can raise the risk of a person to develop Parkinson's disease. According to the document, some scientists say that 1918 influenza has caused more serious cases ofEncephalitis Lethargy-A a mysterious cerebral disease during the period that has disappeared since missing, but we thought that the symptoms of serious Parkinson.

"We can have an overview of the neurological consequences that followed the Spanish influenza pandemic in 1918, where the risk of developing Parkinson's disease has increased two to three times," said Barnham. "Since the world's population has been affected again by a viral pandemic, it is very worrying about considering a potential overall increase in neurological diseases that can unfold the track."

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And although evidence is insufficient to argue that Covid-19 will result in a picture in the number of individuals with Parkinson's disease, Florey's researchers think it is enough to make the hypothesis. If nothing else, they believe that the medical community should be willing to change how it thinks of Parkinson's disease from a general point of view. "We have to transfer the thinking community that Parkinson is not an old age disease. As we have heard of time and time again, the coronavirus does not discriminate - and no longer from Parkinson," said Barnham. And for more information on coronavirus, checkThis state lastly touched has by far the worst epidemic of Covid in the country.