Corona virus: Confirmed! SARS-CoV2 can also trigger THIS serious illness
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on April 15, 2020 at 3:54 p.m.-
The corona virus can cause serious illness.
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New Findings About That Corona virus suggest that the virus can not only spread to the lungs but can also damage the nervous system. A case from Japan now concerns the researchers.
The German Society for Neurology reports of a young man (24) from Japan who is dealing with the Corona virus infected. He first went to a doctor because he suffered from various symptoms. The doctor suspected flu, a lung X-ray examination was unremarkable.
Coronavirus causes serious illness
On the ninth day of the illness, he collapsed unconscious. Then in the hospital the diagnosis: Corona.
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But he had a symptom that had never been associated with the virus before. The man had meninges and meningitis due to the virus.
As a result of the new data situation, there is growing evidence that Covid-19 is not just a pneumological disease.
A typical sign in addition to fever is loss of sense of smell
This could explain why, in addition to the typical symptoms of COVID-19 diseases, fever, sore throat and cough – in some cases even without breathing difficulties – neurological symptoms such as loss of sense of smell and taste, headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and loss of consciousness occur.
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An Italian neurologist from Milan, the epicenter of the pandemic in Europe, also reported that some Covid 19 patients had primarily neurological symptoms – she therefore recommends routinely testing for corona on anyone who presents with neurological symptoms . (fb)
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