Recent studies in the United States, Britain and Italy show that about a third of hospitalized patients show neurological impairment.
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“The spectrum of neurological manifestations of Covid-19 is wide,” said Dr. Thomas Pollack of the London King’s College. – Some of them are completely destructive, such as stroke and cerebral encephalitis, while others are less dangerous, such as increased fatigue and memory impairment. Somewhat less frequently, but all manias and psychosis are encountered. “
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A Scientific American article describes the case of 40-year-old Patrick Thornton of Houston. Having had a mild illness in August, he suddenly began to stutter at the end of September.
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Thornton also continues to suffer from heart palpitations, headaches and loss of energy, but stuttering is especially unbearable for him, as he works as a math teacher and must conduct online classes.
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The increase in the number of manifestations of stuttering among those who have recovered from Covid-19 suggests that the virus can also infect the brain, says neurologist from Michigan State University Su Yunchang.
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“Speech is one of the most complex functions of the body, in which about a hundred muscles and millions of neural connections are simultaneously involved,” she recalls.
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SARS-CoV-2 has been detected more than once during autopsy in the brains of deceased patients, confirms Frank Heppner, a neurologist at the Charite clinic in Berlin.
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