Coronavirus: What does Covid-19 do to the brain?
Consultant neurologist Arvind Chandratheva points out brain damage on a scan
The 64-year-old, who is director of communications at Cambridge University, is eloquent and, despite some lingering weakness on his right side, able-bodied. Paul had suffered another acute stroke due to a clot, depriving vital areas of the brain of blood supply.Dr Chandratheva says he has never seen such a high level of clotting before
During lockdown there was a fall in the number of emergency stroke admissions. But in the space of two weeks, neurologists at the NHNN treated six Covid patients who'd had major strokes. These were not linked to the usual risk factors for stroke such as high blood pressure or diabetes. In each case they saw very high levels of clotting.
"After my second stroke, my wife and daughters thought that was it, they would never see me again," Paul says."The doctors told them there was not much they could do except wait. Then I somehow survived and have been getting progressively stronger."One of the first encouraging signs was Paul's ability with languages - he speaks six - and he would switch from English to Portuguese to speak to one of his nurses.
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