Doctors witness neurological issues amongst Covid sufferers

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BENGALURU: Doctors are witnessing neurological problems akin to strokes and onset of worsening of migrane in Covid-infected sufferers, in line with consultants.

According to Dr Srinivasa R, senior consultant-neurology, Global centre of excellence in neurosciences, Aster hospitals, Bengaluru, as per a examine accomplished by NIMHANS in Bengaluru and Yashoda hospital in Hyderabad, amongst 3,200 folks with neurological problems, 120 had developed neurological ailments linked to coronavirus. These are seen primarily within the 20-45 age group.

And these with co-morbid circumstances are at larger threat. These issues may very well be due to the altered immune response or dis-regulation of immune response throughout submit infectious state, Dr Srinivasa mentioned.

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Dr Kranthi Mohan, marketing consultant Neurologist, BGS Gleneagles Global Hospital, mentioned, “We have witnessed nearly 80 per cent of hospitalised patients developing neurological disorders during the course of the Covid illness or post recovery. Acute stroke, both ischemic and haemorrhagic, was seen in 0.2 to 3 per cent of the patients we treated. A more common issue that patients complained of was new onset migraine or worsening of previous migraine,” he mentioned

Dr Anil R, marketing consultant and head, division of neurology, Manipal Hospital Hebbal, mentioned, among the main neurological issues we now have encountered throughout Covid pandemic are encephalopathy/encephalitis (mind an infection), myelitis (an infection or irritation of spinal twine) and GB syndrome (dying nerves within the physique leading to weak point of all 4 limbs, often occurring after couple of weeks after Covid an infection, although very uncommon. It typically leaves the individual with everlasting incapacity. The conditon can even result in strokes due to elevated clotting elements (clot forming elements) within the blood. Post Covid, we now have seen nearly two to a few folks each day recovering from Covid complaining of elevated migrane, sleep disturbance and anxiousness,” he mentioned.

Dr Srinivasa mentioned, “These neurological complications depend of how our immune system responds to infection. So it is not possible to take any precaution to prevent these neurological complications once we are infected, so it is better to avoid coronavirus by following protocols.” 

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