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COVID-19 can spread throughout the central nervous system, impacting the brain and spinal cord, and neurological symptoms could explain this in people infected with long-term infection.
Disorder | Mean Age (Years) | Onset of Disease | Percentage of Infected Patients | Effect | Treatment/Drug | Reference |
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Dizziness | 39 | Shortly after COVID-19 | 16.8% | Inflammation of the inner ear nerve that connected to the brain | Betahistine, danshenchuandomazine, meclizine, benzodiazepine, steroids, vestibular rehabilitation | [1][5][6][7] |
Ischemic stroke and hemorrhage | 67.4 | In the first week of respiratory symptoms with moderate pulmonary involvement | 83.7% stroke and 20.8% hemorrhage | Numbness or weakness in the face, arm, or leg on one side of the body, confusion, difficulty speaking, dizziness, loss of balance, and severe headache | Apixaban 5 mg twice daily, enoxaparin 1 mg/kg every 12 h | [8][9][10][11] |
Encephalopathy | 66 | At the time of documented COVID-19 infection | 8.7% while 31.8% in the case study of 509 COVID-19 hospitalized patients | Confusion, non-oriented to time, person, or place, seizures, and sleepiness | High-dose IV steroids, IV immunoglobulin, and immunomodulators (e.g., rituximab) | [12][13][14] |
Delirium | 77.7 | As a sixth primary symptom of coronavirus | 28% | Confusion, disorientation, inattention, and cognitive disturbances commonly affect older persons | Haloperidol, melatonin as prophylaxis | [15][16] |
Anosmia and Dysguesia | 47 | Initial symptoms for coronavirus infected patients | 47% 54/114 patients and 5.1% anosmia while 5.6% dysgeusia in another study of 214 infected patients | Official symptoms for COVID-19 | Caffeine in coffee | [17][18][19][20] |
Dysautonomia (also known as secondary COVID-19 infection) | 48 | Onset 6 weeks following initial COVID-19 symptoms, within the last week of the illness, also seen symptom onset occur within three months of recovery. | 50% | Postural lightheadedness and near-syncope, fatigue, activity intolerance, hypertensive response, and orthostatic hypotension | Cefazolin and acebutolol (in case of significant hypertension) | [21][22][23][24] |
Microbleed | 67.7 | Fever, productive cough, myalgias, headache during coronavirus attack | 24.4% | Confusion, agitation, and delayed recovery of consciousness | Co-amoxicillin, hydroxychloroquine, piperacillin, tazobactam, azithromycin, lopinavir, ritonavir, levofloxacin, tazobactam | [25][26] |
Coma | 66 | Severe illness due to viral attack | 15% | Breathlessness, an erratic heart rate and fatigue, altered mental status, and inability to wakeup off leads to unconsciousness | Modafinil and carbidopa/levodopa, amantadine, aspirin, statin | [27] |
Brain herniation, cerebral edema | 57 | Positive for SARS-CoV 2, fatigue, and fever | 3.9% | Hypertension, dyspnea, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and multiple juxtacortical hemorrhages (CT scan observation) | Midazolam, low dose norepinephrine | [27] |
Cerebral ataxia and myoclonus | 59.6 | Acute onset within one month of COVID-19 | 40% ataxia and 46.7% Myoclonus | Spontaneous, action-induced, posture-induced, and mild dysarthria | Methylprednisolone daily for 5 days, clonazepam after 10 days of symptoms, levetiracetam started on day 14 | [28] |
Seizures | 76- and 82-years old patient’s case history | Patients suffering from coronavirus | 23% detected by anti-CoV IgM | Convulsive activity and subtle twitching | Antiseizure medication (ASM) therapy, brivaracetam, lacosamide, carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital, benzodiazepines, valproic acid, vancomycin, meropenem, and Acyclovir for CSF coverage, all drugs should be prescribed cautiously by following doctor’s advice in which patient’s health history is essential | [4][29] |