Now, scientists have warned that the virus could also cause brain issues that lead to an ‘altered mental status.’Researchers from the Henry Ford Health System have reported an unusual case of brain inflammation linked to COVID-19. A 58-year-old woman who tested positive for COVID-19 developed a case of acute necrotising encephalitis (ANE) - a central nervous infection. “We need to be thinking of how we’re going to incorporate patients with severe neurological disease into our treatment paradigm. Aside from her coronavirus symptoms of fever and cough, the woman, who is unnamed, also presented with confusion, fatigue and disorientation. In their study, published in Radiology, the researchers said: “As the number of patients with COVID-19 increases worldwide, clinicians and radiologists should be watching for this presentation among patients presenting with COVID-19 and altered mental status.”

Source: Daily Mirror April 02, 2020 07:49 UTC