A study out of China finds that strokes, altered consciousness and other neurological issues are relatively common in more serious cases of COVID-19 -- showing up in almost 40% of the patients studied.
illness treated in Wuhan city during the early phase of the global pandemic, doctors reported that 36.4% of patients displayed neurological symptoms.
The suspicion that the novel coronavirus could infiltrate and affect the brain and central nervous system is not new. Last month, numerous reports emerged that one key sign of infection was a loss of sense of smell, pointing to the virus somehow affecting nerve pathways. "Some patients without typical symptoms … of COVID-19 came to the hospital with only neurological manifestation as their presenting symptoms," the researchers wrote. In some cases, these issues could be life-threatening: there were at least six cases of stroke or brain hemorrhage observed among those studied, Hu's group reported.
Dr. Rafael Ortiz is chief of neuro-endovascular surgery at Northwell Health Western Region in New York City and Westchester, N.Y.
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