New Delhi: Head of the Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi, said there could be acute post-Covid complications, including “brain attack or stroke and brain inflammation in the arteries/veins”.Also Read – A smartphone app can detect COVID 19 infections through people’s voices. Here’s how
Professor P Srivastava, Head of Department of Neurology, AIIMS Delhi, said that research is underway on brain-related complications in post-Covid cases. “The brain can develop post-covid complications. There are immediate acute conditions like brain attack or stroke in the arteries/veins, inflammation of the brain and research is ongoing. There is no black and white picture yet,” Professor P Srivastava, head of the Department of Neurology at AIIMS Delhi, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
After covid, complications can develop…there are immediate acute conditions like brain, brain attack or stroke in arteries/veins, brain inflammation…research is in progress…no black and white picture yet: Prof P Srivastava, Head of Department Neurology, AIIMS Delhi pic.twitter.com/cC8Gzz1aGA
— ANI (@ANI) September 5, 2022
Neurological disorders are on the rise due to the after effects of covid
According to health experts, there has been an increase in heart and neurological disorders as a result of the post-Covid condition which was reportedly triggered by the second wave of the virus.
Dr. Manjari Tripathi, professor of neurology at AIIMS, post-Covid neurological disorders are on the rise due to its impact on the brain. “Certainly, post-Covid 19 neurological disorders are increasing because of the impact on the brain, whether it’s memory loss or dementia, or stroke, Guillain-Barre (GB) syndrome, which is neuropathy, severe neuropathy and worsening problems. Seizures and epilepsy. So this is known neurologically. Yes, the heart is also affected. People are coming in with younger heart attacks, younger people are coming in with heart attacks, and there’s more myocarditis,” he said.
Dr. Tripathi suggests that patients should get themselves tested and start their medication if they are dealing with a neurological disorder.
“The suggestions for this are minimal discomfort like chest pain or some symptoms. They should not be mistaken for indigestion and should be checked-up. Especially if a person is obese and has obstructive sleep apnea, of course, for a neurological disorder, he should go to a doctor and get tested for memory complaints and start the right medication,” she suggested.
Maximum covid patients in 2nd wave suffer from brain, heart related problems
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, who is also the chairman and executive director of Narayana Health, said that brain and heart-related problems increased during the second wave, however, more data is needed in the current scenario.
“Covid patients, especially during the second wave, there was definitely a slight increase in the forms of clots and the incidence of clots in the brain or heart in Covid patients. But we saw that pattern only during the second wave. But we really need to get the data and only then can I say whether it is indeed the case, but we have seen a little more incidence of brain stroke and heart problems,” Dr Shetty told ANI.
Meanwhile, Dr Nitish Naik, Professor, Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, Delhi, said studies on the role of Covid in acute cardiac problems after recovery are still evolving. “All flu-like illnesses have always been associated with an increased risk of cardiac health-related problems. This has been known for many years and COVID is behaving similarly. Our knowledge about the role of Covid-19 in acute cardiac problems after recovery is still evolving. While there are reports of heart involvement even after mild COVID infection, most people will recover without the need for any investigation or intervention,” he said.
(with inputs from ANI)
