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COVID-19 threatens entire nervous system: Study
COVID-19 patients and how to diagnose them, as well as likely pathogenic mechanisms.Koralnik believes that this understanding is key to direct appropriate clinical management and treatment for COVID-19 patients.There are many different ways COVID-19 can cause neurological dysfunction, he said.According to the study, the disease may affect the entire nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and the muscles.The researchers noted that the brain may also suffer from a lack of oxygen, or from clotting disorders that may lead to strokes.In addition, they said the virus may cause direct infection of the brain, meninges -- a connective tissue lining several parts of the nervous system -- and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) which acts