Neurological complications of COVID-19: another battle
COVID-19 is one of the most severe crises of the last decades, with unprecedented and unpredictable losses. COVID-19 is mainly a disease with respiratory symptoms, but cardiovascular and neurological complications are more and more reported and should not be ignored. Some patients with COVID-19...
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Balkan Medical Union
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| description | COVID-19 is one of the most severe crises of the
last decades, with unprecedented and unpredictable
losses. COVID-19 is mainly a disease with respiratory
symptoms, but cardiovascular and neurological complications
are more and more reported and should
not be ignored. Some patients with COVID-19 experience
delirium during hospitalization, with confusion,
agitation and disorientation. The neurological
complications are insufficiently known and they may
alter the prognosis of these patients. The researchers
struggle to understand why these neurological signs
appear, who is at higher risk and how they should be
managed. Two hypotheses have been advanced: the
first one is related to the direct viral invasion and
infection of the brain and the second one to an overstimulation
of the immune system. The appropriate
treatment of the neurological signs depends on the
correct knowledge and understanding of the pathophysiological
mechanisms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c33dd0916f594c51afde1490bfcbe8fd2022-12-21T20:21:46ZengBalkan Medical UnionArchives of the Balkan Medical Union1584-92442558-815X2021-03-0156157https://doi.org/10.31688/ABMU.2021.56.1.5Neurological complications of COVID-19: another battleCamelia C. Diaconu0International Secretary General of the Balkan Medical Union President of the Romanian National SectionCOVID-19 is one of the most severe crises of the last decades, with unprecedented and unpredictable losses. COVID-19 is mainly a disease with respiratory symptoms, but cardiovascular and neurological complications are more and more reported and should not be ignored. Some patients with COVID-19 experience delirium during hospitalization, with confusion, agitation and disorientation. The neurological complications are insufficiently known and they may alter the prognosis of these patients. The researchers struggle to understand why these neurological signs appear, who is at higher risk and how they should be managed. Two hypotheses have been advanced: the first one is related to the direct viral invasion and infection of the brain and the second one to an overstimulation of the immune system. The appropriate treatment of the neurological signs depends on the correct knowledge and understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms.https://umbalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/00.Editorial.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Camelia C. Diaconu Neurological complications of COVID-19: another battle Archives of the Balkan Medical Union |
| title | Neurological complications of COVID-19: another battle |
| title_full | Neurological complications of COVID-19: another battle |
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| title_short | Neurological complications of COVID-19: another battle |
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