Post-Coronavirus Disease 2019 Triggers the Appearance of Mixed Polyneuropathy and Brain Fog: A Case Report.
Donají Suárez-SánchezNereida Violeta Vega-CabreraMonserrat Fernández-MoyaMaribel Mendoza-NavarroÁngel Bahena-HernándezJesús Fabian Rojas-HernándezLibrado Baños-PeñaFrancisco Vladimir López-MéndezOsmar Antonio Jaramillo-MoralesPublished in: Clinics and practice (2022)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can directly or indirectly affect the central and peripheral nervous systems, resulting in cognitive impairment, memory problems, and a wide range of neuromuscular involvement, including neuropathies. However, the long-term neurological complications of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection are not clear. The aim this study was to analyze a case report the presence of neurological sequelae due to post-Coronavirus disease 19 in a patient without apparent previous neurological symptoms. Clinical case: A 46-year-old patient, with no relevant history for the described condition, who, after severe COVID-19 infection, started a mixed neuropathy and mental fog syndrome as the main sequel. Multiple laboratory and imaging studies were performed during and after his hospital stay, and it was corroborated by an electromyography that it occurred from a neuropathy triggered by COVID-19 infection. Conclusions: This case provides additional evidence that mixed neuropathy and brain fog syndrome are potential complications of post-coronavirus disease 2019 syndrome. The neurological sequelae that manifest after a COVID-19 episode can be rapidly enhanced as a consequence of another alteration in some systems of the organism. However, future studies are necessary to elucidate the incidence of these neurological complications, their pathophysiological mechanisms and their therapeutic options.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- case report
- cerebral ischemia
- risk factors
- cognitive impairment
- sars cov
- mental health
- white matter
- resting state
- high resolution
- working memory
- early onset
- mass spectrometry
- risk assessment
- magnetic resonance
- emergency department
- blood brain barrier
- multiple sclerosis
- computed tomography
- climate change
- magnetic resonance imaging