SARS-COV-2 - the pandemic of the XXI century, clinical manifestations - neurological implications.
J Med Life
; 15(3): 319-327, 2022 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1811949
ABSTRACT
In December 2019, in Wuhan, China, the first cases of infection with SARS-CoV 2 responsible for COVID-19 disease were identified. SARS-CoV 2 was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, and since then has attracted the medical world's attention. The threat to humans' health that this emerging pandemic could leave raises awareness on the importance of understanding the mechanisms that underlie the developing conditions. The epidemiology, clinical picture, and pathogenesis of COVID-19 show that this virus presents new strategies to overcome the past defensive medicine. While all the current data has focused on the pulmonary and cardiovascular manifestations, little has been written about the neurological implications of the disease. This review updates new clinical aspects that SARS-CoV 2 expresses in humans by focusing primarily on neurological manifestations. The damage to the nervous system became more apparent - anosmia, ageusia, polyneuritis, meningitis, meningoencephalitis, stroke, acute necrotizing encephalopathy. Oxygen therapy is vital for those in critical health situations. Finally, prevention is the most important element in breaking the epidemiological chain.
Keywords
CP Convalescent Plasma; CQ Chloroquine; CoV Coronavirus; EMA European Medicines Agency; HFNO High-flow Nasal Oxygen; MERS Middle East respiratory syndrome; R0 Basic reproduction number; RBM RNA binding motif; RT-PCR Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction; SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome; coronavirus; neurological manifestations; pandemic
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Stroke
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COVID-19
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Nervous System Diseases
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Med Life
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jml-2020-0151
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