Coronavirus not only causes fever, cough and breathing problems, but also neurological problems such as headache and dizziness, a new study has found. The study was conducted by Chinese scientists on patients in Wuhan, the origin of the pandemic, and published in JAMA Neurology.
They reported that a third of the 214 patients they examined showed signs of a virus affecting the nervous system. Earlier, there were cases where patients suffering from covid-19 lost their sense of smell and taste.
These symptoms indicate that the brain was also affected in some way, commented infectious disease specialist Bernd Salzberger of the University Hospital in Regensburg. "But there are very few studies on the effects of coronavirus on patients' brains. We are still tapping in the dark," he added.
The study from Wuhan was based solely on medical history, laboratory findings and radiological examinations of 214 patients. Neurologist Ling Mao from the Huazhong Faculty of Science and Technology wrote that 78 patients (36.4 percent) had neurological problems.
Most often it was dizziness and headache. In addition, 12 of them lost their sense of taste and 11 of them smell. Six patients also suffered a stroke. But Chinese scientists are uncertain whether these symptoms are due to the disease itself or are part of the body's response to inflammatory processes.
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A third of COVID-19 patients have neurological problems - The Dubrovnik Times