COVID-19-Associated Encephalopathy: A Case Series Demonstrating the Rapid Deterioration of Mental Status and a Review of the Literature

April 11, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

COVID-19-Associated Encephalopathy: A Case Series Demonstrating the Rapid Deterioration of Mental Status and a Review of the Literature

Jacky Reny • Usman Siddiqui • Andrew Cox • et. a., DOI: 10.7759/cureus.76005 Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is known for its severe inflammatory response, often leading to…[...]

December 23, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Neurological Complications of COVID-19 Infection: A Comprehensive Review

Travis Brauer • Sulaiman Paika • Roshni Kotwani • Deepesh Khanna, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.65192 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is well on its way to reaching endemic status across the globe. While the medical community’s understanding of the…[...]

July 23, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Acute Encephalitis During a SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Case Report

Yousfi Samah • Ansam Milhi • Sanae Elhasnaoui • Yassine Mebrouk, Published: June 09, 2024DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62009 Abstract It was in December 2019 that the coronavirus causing COVID-19 was first detected in Wuhan, China. Although the primary clinical presentation…[...]

January 28, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Evolution of neurologic symptoms in non-hospitalized COVID-19 “long haulers”

Authors: Sareen T. Ali,Anthony K. Kang,Tulsi R. Patel,Jeffrey R. Clark, et. al. ,May 2022 Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology Abstract Objective We characterized the evolution of neurologic symptoms and…[...]

December 16, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Consistency of inconsistency in long-COVID-19 pain symptoms persistency: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Oleg Kerzhner MD, Einat Berla MD, Meirav Har-Even MSc RD, Motti Ratmansky MD, Itay Goor-Aryeh MD, July 2023, https://doi.org/10.1111/papr.13277 Introduction Individuals recovering from acute COVID-19 episodes may continue to suffer from various ongoing symptoms,…[...]

December 12, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Cerebral blood flow in patients recovered from mild COVID-19

Souvik Sen, Roger Newman-Norlund, Nicholas Riccardi, Christopher Rorden, Sarah Newman-Norlund, Sara Sayers, Julius Fridriksson, Makenzie Logue, June 2023 Journal of Neuroimaging Volume 33, Issue 5 p. 764-772 Abstract Background and Purpose Cerebral hypoperfusion has been described in both…[...]

December 5, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Vision Problems After COVID: Causes and Treatment

ATHER | BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS November 9, 2022Medically Reviewed by Dr. Alina Fong Cognitive FX When most people think of COVID-19 symptoms, they often recall the most common acute symptoms: brain fog, sore…[...]

November 17, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Optic Neuropathy after COVID-19

Authors: Alicia Chen, Andrew Go Lee, MD, Nagham Al-Zubidi, MD, Noor Laylani, Pamela Davila-Siliezar American Academy of Ophthalmology the process is ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) and both anterior ION and posterior ION have been…[...]

November 15, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Coronavirus and the Nervous System

Authors: NIH What is SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19? What is SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19? Coronaviruses are common causes of usually mild to moderate upper respiratory tract illnesses like the common cold, with…[...]

November 14, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Peripheral facial nerve palsy associated with COVID-19

Journal of NeuroVirology volume 26, pages941–944 (2020)Cite this article Authors: Marco A. Lima, Marcus Tulius T. Silva, Cristiane N. Soares, RenanCoutinho, Henrique S. Oliveira, Livia Afonso, Otávio Espíndola, Ana Claudia Leite & Abelardo Araujo Abstract COVID-19 pandemic revealed several neurological syndromes related…[...]