Thread on Twitter: New study documents the case of two previously healthy sisters - 11 and 13-years-old - with new-onset cognitive decline after mild covid. The ability of their brains to consume glucose had been impaired - an initiating factor for dementia, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease 🧵
‘A silent killer’ - COVID-19 shown to trigger inflammation in the brain
Research led by The University of Queensland has found COVID-19 activates the same inflammatory response in the brain as Parkinson’s disease
Covid-19 And Parkinson’s Disease Can Be A Dangerous Combination:
The viral disease has affected the brain to quite an extent. The immune response in the brain is what gets affected first and then there is the direct invasion of the coronavirus.
Comprehensive thread on Twitter: sleepiness, ophthalmoplegia, Parkinsonism, spontaneous movements, dysuria & constipation which we consider characteristic of lethargic encephalitis, due to the position of the lesions in the brainstem THE OCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA