Researchers revealed that some Coronavirus patients are at a higher risk of developing neurological complications such as bleeding in the brain and stroke, adding that these potentially life-threatening results were more common in patients with high blood pressure and diabetes..
The virus that causes corona first attacks the cells of the respiratory system, and often leads to inflammation in the lungs, which puts people at risk of developing pneumonia, but the effect of the virus was also felt in other systems of the body, according to a newspaper report. TIME NOW NEWS.
Said the lead author of the study Colbey W Freeman From the University of Pennsylvania in the United States: “The effects of Corona extend far beyond the chest“Freeman added: “While complications in the brain are rare, they are an increasing and devastating consequence of corona infection “.
To find out more about this phenomenon, the research team looked at Corona patients who underwent computerized tomography of the head and magnetic resonance imaging in their health system for a period of 4 months, among the 1357 patients with Corona who were entered into the system in those four months, 81 brain scans were performed..
The most common causes of brain scans were altered mental status and focal neurological defects such as speech and vision problems.
Of the 81 patients who underwent a brain scan, 18, or just over one in five, had results considered to be an emergency or critical condition, including strokes, brain haemorrhage and vascular blockages, at least half of the patients had a previous history of hypertension. Blood and Type 2 Diabetes Three patients with critical emergency outcomes died during admission.
Freeman said: “Coronavirus is associated with neurological manifestations, and high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes are common in individuals who develop these features.““This population may be at greater risk of developing neurological complications and should be closely monitored,” Freeman added“.
In the study, inflammatory markers in the blood were high in people with critical outcomes, and the study leader said: “When your body is in an inflammatory state, it produces all these molecules called cytokines to help recruit the immune system to do its job.”““Unfortunately, if cytokines are overproduced, the immune response really begins to do harm,” the researcher noted.“.
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