Category: Seizures

New-Onset Seizures and Seizure Worsening in the Course of COVID-19 Infection

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Ekaterina Viteva, Published: July 04, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63868  Abstract Introduction: The aim of our study is to assess the clinical manifestations, investigation results, and outcomes in Bulgarian patients with seizures in the course of COVID-19 infection. Methods: We performed an open, prospective study during a 12-month period from January 2021 with the participation of 290 inpatients and outpatients […]

Can COVID-19 Lead to Narcolepsy?

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Aug 28, 2022: Olga Askinazi, PhD, Edited By Roman Gokhman. Medically Reviewed By Nick Villalobos, MD Health Line Narcolepsy is a condition that causes you to feel overly drowsy when you’re awake. It also can result in sudden sleep attacks (loss of consciousness) during the day and fragmented sleep at night. Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder: […]

Alteration of the blood-brain barrier by COVID-19 and its implication in the permeation of drugs into the brain

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Héctor Hernández-Parra1,2 Octavio Daniel Reyes-Hernández3 Gabriela Figueroa-González4 Manuel González-Del Carmen5 Maykel González-Torres6 Sheila I. Peña-Corona2 Benjamín Florán7 Hernán Cortés8* Gerardo Leyva-Gómez2* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36998270/ Diverse neurological symptoms have been reported in patients with SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19), including stroke, ataxia, meningitis, encephalitis, and cognitive impairment. These alterations can cause serious sequelae or death and are associated with the entry of SARS-CoV-2 into the Central Nervous System […]

New study suggests covid increases risks of brain disorders

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Authors: Frances Stead Sellers Fri, August 19, 2022  Washington Post A study published this week in the Lancet Psychiatry showed increased risks of some brain disorders two years after infection with the coronavirus, shedding new light on the long-term neurological and psychiatric aspects of the virus. The analysis, conducted by researchers at the University of […]

COVID-19: A Global Threat to the Nervous System

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Authors: Igor J. Koralnik MD,Kenneth L. Tyler MD 07 June 2020 Annals of NeurologyVolume 88, Issue 1 p. 1-11 Abstract In less than 6 months, the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread worldwide infecting nearly 6 million people and killing over 350,000. Initially thought to be restricted to the respiratory system, we now […]

COVID-19 vaccines and thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome

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Authors: Chih-Cheng Lai 1, Wen-Chien Ko 2, Chih-Jung Chen 3, Po-Yen Chen 4, Yhu-Chering Huang 3, Ping-Ing Lee 5, Po-Ren Hsueh 6 7 Abstract Introduction: To combat COVID-19, scientists all over the world have expedited the process of vaccine development. Although interim analyses of clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines, a serious but rare adverse event, thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), has been reported following […]

The Impact of COVID-19 on Developing Neurologic Disorders

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Authors: Piotr Tekiela,  View ORCID ProfileJennifer J. Majersik One of the greatest challenges of treating a new virus is the lack of information about it. When little is known about a virus, patients affected by it, as well as their families, are left with uncertainty. In an article appearing in this issue of Neurology®, Dr. Frontera and […]