Severe brain damage possible even with mild coronavirus symptoms

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Severe brain damage possible even with mild coronavirus symptoms | DW | 09.07.2020

There are numerous signs that the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 not only attacks the lungs and respiratory tract, but also other organs on a massive scale.It can severely affect the heart, vessels, nerves, kidneys, and skin.

British neurologists have now published shocking details in the journal "Brain," which suggests SARS-CoV-2 can cause severe brain damage — even in patients with mild symptoms or those in recovery. Often this damage is detected very late or not at all.

Neurologists at the University College London (UCL) diagnosed acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) in nine British COVID-19 patients. This inflammatory disease causes a degenerative destruction of the central nervous system, affecting the myelin sheaths of the nerves in the brain and spinal cord.
 

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Nine patients is insufficient to say anything.

There is quite good evidence of the intravascular effects of Covid 19 though, such as raised D-Dimer and higher incidence of pulmonary embolism, and nerve tissue is very susceptible to hypoxia, so some neurologic effects are an obvious complication to expect. Whatever it is, it is not very overt. I'd wait for more extensive study.
 
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