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Experts Call Dementia Could Be a Symptom of COVID-19

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When someone is infected Corona, various typical symptoms began to be felt by these patients. Starting from cough, fever, and other typical symptoms.

However, in elderly or elderly patients the symptoms that appear are different. Symptoms that appear more refer to changes in behavior.

Medical staff of the Department of Internal Medicine at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Dr. Soedjono said that the elderly patient he was treating did not show any typical symptoms. COVID-19 at the start of the examination.

“These elderly people usually just lose their appetite, it is not unique at all, suddenly they are positive,” he explained in a live broadcast via the BNPB YouTube channel, some time ago.

dr Soedjono said that behavior changes experienced by these elderly patients can also be accompanied by senile. This can indicate that there is a serious illness behind it.

He gave several examples of behavior changes that can arise, such as being calm becoming aggressive or refusing to follow a daily routine.

In addition, the Head of RSPI’s SMF Pulmonology, Sulianti Saroso, Dr. Adrian Rusli, said that many patients do not experience symptoms of respiratory disease at all.

“For example, the leukocytes are not high, but feel hot,” he said.

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