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05/31/2020 07:22 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | New Scientist: Coronavirus seems to reach the brain. JENNIFER FRONTERA has been treating people in intensive care for years. But she has never experienced anything like covid-19 before. “These patients are absolutely among the sickest any of us have ever encountered,” says the New York-based doctor. But the strange thing is, Frontera isn’t a lung disease specialist or a virologist, she is a neurologist. And it is the possible impact of the coronavirus on our brains that is worrying her.
It was early in the outbreak in New York that Frontera and her colleagues began to notice neurological symptoms in those with covid-19. People were passing out before they were hospitalised. Once in hospital, some of them started having unusual movements. Some had seizures and others had strokes.
Similar reports are coming in from hospitals around the world. Some neurological symptoms appear to be mild, such as the loss of smell and taste. At the other end of the spectrum, a few people have developed encephalitis – a potentially fatal inflammation of the brain. [ link to www.newscientist.com (secure)] |
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05/31/2020 07:24 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: New Scientist: Coronavirus seems to reach the brain. Patients in their 80s seemingly out of nowhere started having dementia and old folks diseases because of the RONA. |
