Aspects of neurological changes promoted by sars-cov-2: a medical systematic review research
International Journal of Development Research
Aspects of neurological changes promoted by sars-cov-2: a medical systematic review research
Received 10th December, 2020 Received in revised form 04th January, 2021 Accepted 14th February, 2021 Published online 17th March, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Walfrisio Rodrigues de Macedo Neto et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads around the globe and caused several symptoms, especially respiratory. However, much evidence indicates this virus causes neurological manifestations that must be investigated and understood, in order to avoid complications. In this context, this paperwork aims to compile information about the neurological changes related to the virus. Therefore, an integrative literature review study was conducted and 61 articles related to this theme were selected and analyzed. The authors searched the studies in the MEDLINE, Science Direct, and SciELO databases. The report of this review was made following the PRISMA recommendations. As a result, we found some symptoms, pathologies and syndromes related to SARS-CoV-2, including sensory loss, encephalitis, headache, meningoencephalitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, stroke, which foment the hypothesis that Covid-19 stimulates diffuse hypercoagulation and sensory loss, mainly anosmia. Furthermore, psychiatric symptoms, such as psychosis and anxiety in patients with COVID-19, for example, but more studies are needed to explain the occurrence of certain pathologies and symptoms due to infection.
