While a fever and cough have seemed to be the early warning signs of COVID-19, new research shows almost half of hospitalized patients experience a host of neurological problems.
Those neurological symptoms can also include loss of smell and taste, seizures, muscle pain and difficulty concentrating.
"It's important for the general public and physicians to be aware of this, because a SARS-COV-2 infection may present with neurologic symptoms initially, before any fever,or respiratory problems occur," said researcher Dr. Igor Koralnik. He is chief of neuro-infectious diseases and global neurology, and a professor of neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.
For the study, Koralnik's team looked at all COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Northwestern Medicine, to see how often neurological complications appeared and how they responded to treatment. "This understanding is key to direct appropriate clinical management and treatment," Koralnik said in a Northwestern news release.
The virus can affect the whole nervous system -- the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles. COVID-19 can also affect theLast, but not least, the virus can infect the brain. Moreover, the reaction of the immune system to the infection can causeBecause little is known about the long-term effects of the virus, the researchers intend to follow patients with neurological problems, to see how they do over time.
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