Abstract:

A new corona virus epidemic (Corona virus disease-2019, Covid-19) that began in December in the Chinese state of Wuhan was confirmed and the virus spread throughout the Earth and created a powerful and serious pandemic. Symptoms such as fever, cough, breathing failure, diarrhea, fatigue associated with Covid-19 are typical clinical findings. In some patients, it is known that there are neurological findings such as headache, dizziness, disorder of consciousness, encephalitis, encephalopathy, cerebrovascular diseases, peripheral nervous system damage. In some of these patients, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been isolated in the brain's spinal fluid, and in some cases the virus has been detected in the autopsy materials. This collection will discuss the neurological signs and findings that can be seen in patients infected with Covid-19 and the mechanisms of the virus’s ability to cause neuronal damage.

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Abstract:

A new corona virus outbreak (Corona virus disease, 2019, Covid-19), which started in December in Wuhan province of China, has been confirmed, and the virus spread to the whole world, creating a strong and serious pandemic. Symptoms such as fever, cough, respiratory distress, diarrhea, and fatigue associated with Covid-19 are typical clinical findings. Some COVID‐19 patients also expressed neurologic findings like headache, dizziness, impaired consciousness, encephalitis, encephalopathy, cerebrovascular diseases, and peripheral nervous system damage. In some of these patients, the SARS-CoV-2 virus was isolated in the cerebrospinal fluid, in some cases, virus was detected in autopsy materials. In this review, the neurological signs and symptoms seen in Covid-19 infected patients and the mechanisms of the virus causing neuronal damage will be discussed.