Scientists say the neuropsychiatric consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are not yet known, but are likely to be significant and could last for years.
Basing their findings on data from past epidemics of respiratory viruses, US researchers warn of the medium- and long-term risks of neurological sequelae in patients who have recovered from COVID-19.
"Reports are already surfacing of acute central nervous system-associated symptoms in individuals affected by COVID-19, including greater stroke incidence in severely infected patients in Wuhan, China, along with delirium and loss of smell and taste senses," points out the main author of the research study Suzi Hong.
According to the authors of the publication, the neuropsychiatric consequences of the current Covid-19 pandemic are not yet known, but are likely to be significant and could last for years.
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