Use of protective headgear such as helmets and mouth guards can reduce the risk of direct head trauma, said Dr (Prof.) Suryanarayana Sharma P M, senior consultant neurologist and stroke specialist, Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore
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BENGALURU: Although Covid-19 was initially thought to be a disease that primarily affects the lungs, doctors have gradually discovered that it affects many other organs and organ systems.
Doctors in Bengaluru are seeing cases of people suffer a stroke after they recover from Covid-19, although this number is smaller than that of those who develop respiratory or cardiovascular complications.
Two middle-aged men recently turned up at the post-Covid clinic at Ramaiah Hospital complaining of weakness in one side of the body - a typical symptom of stroke - three weeks after the onset of Covid-19 symptoms.