MOSCOW, 16 APR – RIA Novosti. Scientists from the University of California (USA) has warned that infected with coronavirus may be faced with a number of neuropsychiatric diseases. A press release published on the portal ScienceDirect.
According to the researchers, past experience has shown that pandemics can be accompanied by various disorders, such as encephalopathy, psychosis, neuromuscular dysfunction, and several others. However, such violations can occur in those who have recovered from the infection.
“COVID-19 is a significant factor of stress, both for individuals and for entire communities. There are fears of disease, death and uncertainty of the future,” said one of the study’s authors, Susie Mae Hong son.
As noted in the press release, previous studies indicate a rise in neuropsychiatric disease after flu pandemics in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as the increasing number of cases of lethargic encephalitis during the epidemic of Spanish flu in 1918.
in addition, during outbreaks of atypical pneumonia (SARS), swine flu and middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) there were data about the higher incidence of narcolepsy, encephalitis, Guillain-barré syndrome and other neuromuscular pathologies.
“Already there are reports of acute syndromes associated with Central nervous system (CNS), in people who became ill COVID-19” – said Hong.
As noted by the researchers, the neuropsychiatric consequences of a pandemic of mers are not yet known. However, in their view, these effects can be significant and will reverberate for many years.
the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest who data, there have been recorded more than 1.9 million cases of infection, over 123 thousand people died.
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