Orange with Media Services, published on Wednesday, June 01, 2022 at 9:00 p.m.
Sleep disorders, mood disorders, decline in cognitive performance could be neurological consequences of Covid-19.
Could we move towards new waves of Covid in neurological or psychiatric services this time? If the Academy of Medicine is not yet there in its reflection, it nevertheless alerted via a press release published Tuesday, May 31, spotted by BFMTV. “The possibility of sequelae corresponding to lasting symptoms is now raised by several follow-up studies of infected patients.
These mainly affect the neuropsychiatric sphere.
Some examinations on patients have revealed damage to the nervous system “the cerebral parenchyma”. VSThe lesions could be the witness of neurological sequelae. If the Covid mainly affects the lungs, it could be that the brain lacks oxygen, which is called hypoxia, generating these lesions.
Specifically, patients experience fatigue, difficulty concentrating, sleep disorders, mood disorders and diffuse headaches. Some studies go so far as to highlight decreases in cognitive performance of up to 10%. A British study in February had already highlighted the link between neurology and Covid-19. It concluded that contracting the disease generated an additional risk of 39% for depression, 35% for anxiety and 41% for sleep disorders.
The scale of the Covid-19 pandemic is of particular concern to the Academy of Medicine regarding the capacity to care for patients who are victims of these neuropsychiatric disorders. Far from being obvious in view of the strain on the health system.