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Encephalitis and even strokes are among the most serious neurological consequences that have been documented, so far, in the contagion of COVID-19. However, they are not the only ones and several are yet to be discovered.
As time passes we know more about covid-19, we are clear, for example, that it is a multisystemic failure, but are we aware that this means that even a patient can have neurological problems?
It can be difficult to measure, but one of the symptoms that we usually associate with Sars-Cov-2 infection is neurological, it is the headache or headache, which is not the most common in Chile for nothing, according to the latest epidemiological report.
Another symptom that is considered a diagnostic criterion is anosmia loss of smell, which is also neurological, since the virus would invade the place where the cells that perceive the smell are, that is, the olfactory bulb, but not directly the neurons.
The neurologist at the Catholic University, Jaime Godoy, said that although this is not exclusive to covid-19, it can be more severe and lasting in some cases, although there is no total clarity as to why it occurs.
But it is not the only neurological effect that Sars-Cov-2 can trigger. The neurologist and professor of neurology at the Universidad del Desarrollo, Renato Verdugo, warns that it can also be generated encephalitis and the existence of patients suffering from cerebrovascular attacks has even been documented.
The latter, he explains, is not common, but has occurred more in young people and with different degrees of severity, which can generate complex sequelae, although it is caused by hypercoagulation generated by covid.
Can a contagion by covid-19 cause a person to have a greater risk of suffering dementia or even more likely to suffer from multiple sclerosis? These questions still cannot be fully resolved, due to the newness of the virus.
In any case, studies are already being done to obtain these answers and to know what specifically causes Sars-Cov-2. So at least is the multidisciplinary work that integrates Dr. Jaime Godoy, with the monitoring of patients. For now, it is believed that those with a more serious illness have the greatest risk.
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