Pay attention to COVID-19 with peripheral neuropathy / 中华神经科杂志

ABSTRACT

Although the outbreak of COVID-19 has been under control in China, the outbreak and epidemic of the disease are still increasing worldwide, and the number of deaths is still increasing. The COVID-19 cases are indeed dominated by varying degrees of lung damage, which is also the leading cause of death. However, professionals of various clinical disciplines are paying attention to whether there are important damages to other systems. Colleagues in neurology are more concerned about whether COVID-19 directly or indirectly affects the neurologic system. Judging from more than 80 000 cases in China, there are few objective evidences that the neurologic system is actually damaged in the reported data. Since the pandemic in Europe and America, some cases of combined peripheral nerve involvement have been reported, which deserves the attention of colleagues.