Dr. Nizar Souayah
At the beginning of the pandemic, neurological complications in COVID-19 patients were not widely reported; however, over time, additional research has shown that up to 84% of COVID-19 patients have neurological symptoms either when they fall ill, or that develop later as a complication during the course of disease.
Today, reports of COVID-19 “long-haulers,” or those who continue to experience debilitating symptoms long after diagnosis, dominate news reports, with many survivors reporting neurological symptoms such as “brain fog.”
The neurological complications of COVID-19 include, but are not limited to, headache, cognitive impairment, neuropathic pain, stroke, seizure disorders, loss of smell and taste, certain inflammatory neuropathies, and muscle disease.