Each new day comes with new information on how to best treat COVID-19 for scientists and doctors, which means a sometimes confused public is reacting to new information in real-time. “Things we knew about in April and May, we had no clue about back in March. And now we are learning things in June and July that two months ago we had no clue about,” Director of Neurocritical Care for Mercy Toledo, Sohel Ahmed, MD, recently told Toledo’s WTOL. Following are some of the previously unknown side effects of COVID-19, many of which affect the nervous system and the patient’s brain:
Doctors in New York experienced a high volume of particularly young coronavirus patients with blood clots. Terry Neill, MD, medical director of Ascension Sacred Heart’s comprehensive stroke center in Florida, says the inflammation brought on by COVID-19 is causing increased clotting and therefore more strokes, in an interview with WEAR-TV.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb The coronavirus does not just target a patient’s respiratory system or brain, but it can also affect the whole nervous system — the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles. As a result, there is growing evidence of nerve damage as a significant side effect in patients testing positive for COVID-19, according to WebMD. One of the earliest side effects of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 was a distinct loss of their sense of taste and smell. But as months have passed, there are a number of notable cases of those who have ostensibly recovered from the coronavirus who still haven’t regained these innate abilities. NBA star Rudy Gobert is among the most notable. And even without COVID symptoms, you can still infect this many people, according to the CDC.
