Neurol Int
. 2020 Jul 29;12(1):8639.
doi: 10.4081/ni.2020.8639. eCollection 2020 Jul 10.
Neurological symptoms due to Coronavirus disease 2019
Farage Ftiha 1 , Moshe Shalom 2 , Henry Jradeh 1
Affiliations
- PMID: 32874447
- PMCID: PMC7445577
- DOI: 10.4081/ni.2020.8639
Abstract
In this review, we focus on summarizing everything that is known about the neurological effects of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2). It has been shown that Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) may result in neuromuscular disorders or damage to nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord, which may lead to weakness, numbness, and pain. Published literature has stated that SARS-COV-1 may infect the central nervous system and due to its similarities to SARS-COV-2, we suspect that SARS-COV-2 has the same potential. We conclude that Covid-19 has neurological manifestations. Further research should be done in this field to understand the full extent of this virus.
Keywords: Covid-19; Neurological effects; SARS-COV-2.