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Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19 in Absence of Respiratory Symptoms or Fever
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first described in the Hubei region of China and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. The clinical presentation of COVID-19 ranges from...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043418/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33868851 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13887 |
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author | Mohamed, Abbas Qureshi, Ahmad S Mohamed, Sarah A |
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description | The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first described in the Hubei region of China and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. The clinical presentation of COVID-19 ranges from asymptomatic/mild symptoms to severe illness with associated mortality. The most commonly reported symptoms of COVID-19 are cough, myalgia, and headache. Other well-described features include shortness of breath, fever, sore throat, diarrhea, and smell or taste abnormalities. Although COVID-19 infection is primarily a disease of the respiratory system affecting lung parenchyma, it can affect multiple organ systems and cause variable extra-pulmonary symptoms. A broad spectrum of neurologic manifestations has been reported in association with SARS-CoV-2 infection, most probably due to different pathogenic pathways. We report a case of a rare presentation of a COVID-19-positive female who presented with slurred speech, dizziness, and left-sided weakness without the other common symptoms of the disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-80434182021-04-15 Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19 in Absence of Respiratory Symptoms or Fever Mohamed, Abbas Qureshi, Ahmad S Mohamed, Sarah A Cureus Neurology The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first described in the Hubei region of China and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. The clinical presentation of COVID-19 ranges from asymptomatic/mild symptoms to severe illness with associated mortality. The most commonly reported symptoms of COVID-19 are cough, myalgia, and headache. Other well-described features include shortness of breath, fever, sore throat, diarrhea, and smell or taste abnormalities. Although COVID-19 infection is primarily a disease of the respiratory system affecting lung parenchyma, it can affect multiple organ systems and cause variable extra-pulmonary symptoms. A broad spectrum of neurologic manifestations has been reported in association with SARS-CoV-2 infection, most probably due to different pathogenic pathways. We report a case of a rare presentation of a COVID-19-positive female who presented with slurred speech, dizziness, and left-sided weakness without the other common symptoms of the disease. Cureus 2021-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8043418/ /pubmed/33868851 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13887 Text en Copyright © 2021, Mohamed et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Mohamed, Abbas Qureshi, Ahmad S Mohamed, Sarah A Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19 in Absence of Respiratory Symptoms or Fever |
title | Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19 in Absence of Respiratory Symptoms or Fever |
title_full | Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19 in Absence of Respiratory Symptoms or Fever |
title_fullStr | Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19 in Absence of Respiratory Symptoms or Fever |
title_full_unstemmed | Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19 in Absence of Respiratory Symptoms or Fever |
title_short | Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19 in Absence of Respiratory Symptoms or Fever |
title_sort | neurological manifestations of covid-19 in absence of respiratory symptoms or fever |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043418/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33868851 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13887 |
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