Cập nhật thần kinh: COVID-19

Deutsche Zeitschrift für Nervenheilkunde - Tập 268 - Trang 4379-4387 - 2021
A. L. Ren1, R. J. Digby1, E. J. Needham2
1Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Tóm tắt

Bệnh Viêm Phổi do Coronavirus 2019 chủ yếu là một rối loạn của hệ hô hấp, nhưng các biến chứng thần kinh đã được nhận diện từ sớm trong đại dịch. Các quá trình bệnh sinh chính dẫn đến tổn thương thần kinh trong COVID-19 bao gồm bệnh mạch máu não, các rối loạn thần kinh do miễn dịch và những tác động tiêu cực của bệnh nghiêm trọng lên hệ thần kinh. Hiện vẫn chưa rõ liệu có sự xâm nhập trực tiếp của virus SARS-CoV-2 vào hệ thần kinh hay không; với số lượng người bị nhiễm bệnh lớn như hiện nay, sự không chắc chắn này gợi ý rằng việc nhiễm trùng hệ thần kinh khó có thể là một vấn đề đáng kể nếu nó xảy ra. Trong bài tổng quan này, chúng tôi khám phá những gì đã được học về các biến chứng thần kinh của COVID-19 trong suốt quá trình đại dịch, và qua những cơ chế nào mà các biến chứng này thường xảy ra nhất.

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#COVID-19 #biến chứng thần kinh #tổn thương thần kinh #bệnh mạch máu não #rối loạn thần kinh do miễn dịch

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