Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, many patients have reported neurological and psychiatric disorders. A recently published Dutch study found that the virus can infect nerve cells.
The coronavirus can infect nerve cells and trigger local immune reactions that could be the cause Neurological and psychological complications associated with Covid-19. These are the conclusions of a Dutch study published in the American Journal of Microbiology, according to AFP.
virus spread It stops quickly and is limited to a few brain cellsHowever, this results in minimal injury response of “cytokines”The study concluded that messengers between immune cells play a role in local infections. “What we saw is consistent with SARS-CoV-2 infection It rarely leads to acute encephalitis The virus is spreading uncontrollably in the brain, Debbie van Riel, virology researcher at Erasmus MC Hospital in Rotterdam, said in a statement.
Neurological disorders reported by patients
But the fact that SARS-CoV-2 can eventually enter the brain through the olfactory nerve and locally infect cells, which in turn triggers an inflammatory response, It can certainly contribute to neurological disorders“Since the start of the epidemic, patients around the world have reported neurological and psychiatric disorders such as: From Memory problems, headaches, rare psychoses and even encephalitis (inflammation of brain tissue).
One in three people who have beaten Covid-19 are diagnosed with a neurological or psychiatric condition within six months of infectionIn April, she referred to a large study published in the specialist journal Lancet Psychiatrie. A growing body of evidence points to this The virus can enter the brain through the olfactory nerve.
However, what happens after SARS-CoV-2 enters the brain is still poorly understood. In addition to what our study indicates, the immune system probably also plays a role. More research is needed to find outResearcher Fimke de Frege of the Psychiatry Department of the Erasmus Hospital said:
The researchers observed the virus for a short period of time in vitro, in cultured neurons obtained from induced pluripotent (iPS) strains. “We have also studied a limited number of brain cell types,” added Ms. de Vrij, pointing out that further research may shed light on “Short- and long-term effects of viral infection on brain structures“.
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