COVID-19 delirium and encephalopathy: Pathophysiology assumed in the first 3 years of the ongoing pandemic
COVID-19 delirium and encephalopathy: Pathophysiology assumed in the first 3 years of the ongoing pandemic.
Dr K Fearnley on Twitter
Attention medics. Does your patient have new-onset psychosis? hallucinations? personality changes post Covid?
They have neuro inflammation Encephalitis is not uncommon in #LongCovid, esp in the first months post infection. Psych is not appropriate. #MedTwitter #MedEd #TeamGP
Tom Andrews on Twitter
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
Ene
Some get encephalitis. I think there is a variety of possible causes & potentially these also can differ across the acute/ post acute/ #LongCovid timeline 0-2.5yrs +counting