Experts pointed out that it is necessary to further study the mechanism behind it, in order to understand the possible influence of COVID-19 on the existence of human brain, and to explore potential treatment methods. "There are more and more reports about the relationship between COVID-19 infection and neurological and psychiatric complications." Benedict Mike, the author of the study and a neuroscientist at the University of Liverpool, pointed out.
The case data of this study came from inpatients in COVID-19, England from April 2 to 26. In its 125 clinical research cases, the most common brain complication is stroke, accounting for 77 cases. The stroke of 57 patients was caused by blood clots in the brain, which was called ischemic stroke.
Another 9 patients suffered from stroke due to cerebral hemorrhage; Another patient suffered a stroke due to cerebrovascular inflammation. Previously, scientists have found that COVID-19 can cause severe inflammation and thrombosis in the lungs and other body parts of some patients.
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According to Red Star News, scientists from Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, and the American team jointly published a paper in JAMA Neurology, the journal of the American Medical Association, pointing out that COVID-19 will cause brain and nervous system damage to nearly half of critically ill patients. This survey studied 2 14 patients with novel coronavirus's disease, and found that 36.4% of them had neurological symptoms.
Among severe patients, 45.4% showed nervous system symptoms, including acute cerebrovascular disease, disturbance of consciousness and muscle injury. For this study, Ian Jones, a virologist at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, commented: The observation of neurological complications in patients with COVID-19 deserves attention, but the symptoms of respiratory distress should still be the main concern of COVID-19.