A long list of paralysis, delirium, anxiety, anxiety, fatigue, and the like. If you think Code 19 is a respiratory disease, think again.
As the days go by, it becomes clear that the coronavirus causes a variety of mental illnesses.
Many people who were affected by the disease contacted me later and told me that they did not have a serious illness, but even after several days, they still felt that their memory was affected. They feel tired all the time and are unable to concentrate.
But for those who are more affected by the disease, what happens to them is more troubling.
I was talking to Paul Malaria and thought he had had two strokes, both times because of coronavirus infection.
The 64-year-old director of communications at the University of Cambridge in the UK is an eloquent man and can walk on his own despite his weakness on the right side of his body.
The way he is recovering from a stroke is astonishing, and even doctors at London's Neurology and Neurosurgery Hospital (NHNN) say they have rarely seen such a patient.
Paul had his first stroke when he was admitted to the intensive care unit of University College Hospital. Large clots of blood were present in his lungs and legs, so he was given blood thinners.
But two days later he had another stroke, bigger and more dangerous than before, which led to him being taken to a London hospital.
Arvind Chandrathiva, a psychiatrist working there, was finishing his shift when Paul Mylaria's ambulance arrived at the hospital.
Dr. Paul says: 'Paul's face was spot on. He could only look to one side and did not know how to use the phone and did not remember his password. The first thing that came to my mind was that maybe their blood had started to flow because of the blood thinners, but what we saw was very strange and different.
Paul's second stroke was due to a blood clot and blood could not reach parts of his brain.
Tests showed that there were lumps in his blood. The device used to measure this condition is called a 'dimmer'.
Paul Mylaria had more than 80,000 D-dimers in his body, compared to less than 300 in a healthy person, and even in patients with a stroke, it is closer to 1,000.
"I have never seen such a situation in my life," says Dr. Arvind. What happened was that Paul's body began to clot in response to the infection.
Due to the lockdown in the UK, paralysis patients were not being brought to the emergency during this period. But over two weeks, NHN specialists treated six patients with code 19 and suffered major strokes.
And none of them had symptoms that showed a risk of strokes, such as high blood pressure or diabetes. And in each patient, they saw massive blood clots forming.
One of the reasons for the stroke was that the body's immune system reacted so badly to the virus that it caused inflammation in the body and brain.
When Dr. Arvind saw a reflection of Paul Mylaria's brain, he noticed damage to it from place to place, which made it clear that his hearing, memory, movements, and ability to speak were affected.
Paul's stroke was so severe that doctors thought he would not survive and if he survived, he would live a paralyzed life.
"When I had the second attack, my wife and my daughters thought it was all over, they would never see me again," says Paul. The doctors also almost responded. But somehow I survived and I'm getting better. "
The first sign of Paul Mylaria's improvement was his ability to speak different languages. He is fluent in six languages and used to speak Portuguese to talk to a nurse.
'It doesn't usually happen, but Paul started learning most languages when he was an adult, and it is possible that this helped him to make changes in his mind that helped him cope with the stroke. Happened.
Paul says he can't read as fast as he used to and sometimes forgets, but it's not surprising when you think about which part of his brain was damaged.
At the same time, his physical health is improving and doctors believe that because he took care of his health and fitness, it may have benefited him.
"I cycled for an hour a day, exercising twice a week and swimming. I don't think I can do cycling now but I hope I can swim.
A study published in the medical research journal Lancet found that 125 patients severely affected by code 19 were examined and found to have some type of brain disorder. Half of them had a stroke and others had other brain diseases.
Professor Tom Solomon, one of the authors of the report, told me: 'It is clear that the coronavirus also causes brain problems, whereas before we only thought it affected the lungs. There may be other reasons for this. We also need to see if the virus directly affects the brain.
Dr. Michael Zandi, a psychiatrist who works for NHNN, says that the two diseases that have come to light in the past, both SARS and MERS, have been caused by the coronavirus and we have seen these diseases to be related to mental illness. We have never seen anything like this before. It can only be compared to the Spanish flu in 1918.
We have to be careful before we believe that there is any similarity between Code 19 and the Spanish flu. But it is clear that the disease affects the brains of those affected, and its long-term effects need to be considered.
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