Rohit Wanjari
Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, IndiaPublications
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Review Article
Neurological Manifestations in COVID-19
Author(s): Rohit Wanjari, Abhishek Joshi* and Ashok Mehendale
Background: Novel coronavirus infection results in Coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and is termed as “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)”. Mild to moderate symptoms are being reported in a major proportion of patients suffering from COVID-19 infection, which are mainly respiratory. A large percentage of COVID-19 infected cases are asymptomatic, while few had minor symptoms like rise in temperature, cough, difficulty in breathing, body aches, throat pains etc. Main text: Although the COVID-19 disease is mainly associated with respiratory symptoms, there can be neurological symptoms in some patients with severe disease. Anosmia has emerged as a predominant feature of SARS-CoV?2. This also arises the probability of some degree of involvement of the CNS with the infection. The mechanisms suggested are that SAR.. Read More»