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The 30-year-old from Qatar, who was diagnosed with the coronavirus, behaved in a rather surprising way. The woman was very emotionally unstable, she expressed irrational opinions. Concerned about her unusual behavior, a relative took her to the hospital. As it turned out? Doctors suspect the woman may have experienced a rare complication related to the coronavirus.
- A young woman in Qatar, after contracting the coronavirus, claimed to have “spiritual power” from God
- Delirium is one of the rare and unusual symptoms of the coronavirus
- Even a mild course of COVID-19 can have a negative effect on the work of the brain
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According to the British Medical Journal Case Reports, a 30-year-old woman from Qatar showed disturbing symptoms after testing positive for the coronavirus. She was confused, she was talking to non-existent people, confusing the names of family members, she stripped naked for no reason.
The 30-year-old also drank 100 ml of body wash. This meant that a relative decided to take her to the hospital. As reported by the Qatari doctors, the woman was very agitated, slept little and could not stop talking.
The woman claimed to have “spiritual power” from God
Doctors in Doha (Qatar’s capital) described the patient as “excited” and “overactive”, then “crying for a moment” and then “very agitated”. She was given sedatives and a psychiatrist was brought in. When he diagnosed her, she confessed to him that she was “happy and longing for peace in the world”.
Even though the woman slept poorly for several days, she was not tired. She claimed to have a unique “spiritual power” from God that she can give to others. At the same time, embarrassed to drink body wash before admitting her to the facility. She explained that she liked its smell and taste. Large mood swings were also observed in the woman. As reported by Qatar doctors, she was to sing and tell jokes to staff only to cry shortly thereafter. She was generally characterized by features of both delirium and mania.
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Further studies showed that the patient had COVID-19-induced pneumonia (although she only reported mild cough symptoms and loss of taste and smell). Brain scans showed no change. What was worrying was the markers of inflammation, which were getting higher and higher. Hence the suspicion that the increased inflammation caused by the virus has led to mental disorders.
Scientists note that COVID-19 symptoms can vary slightly from person to person, and SARS-CoV-2 infection can be associated with a wide range of symptoms, ranging from mild to severe. It is known, however, that the first symptoms of infection are fever, cough, muscle aches, nausea or vomiting and diarrhea, fatigue, loss of smell and taste.
Last year, researchers at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Spain identified another symptom that could signal an early-stage SARS-CoV-2 infection. It is associated with the effects of the coronavirus on the brain. It is delirium (delirium) accompanied by a fever. The research and the conclusions reached were reported by scientists in the international scientific journal “Journal of Clinical Immunology and Immunotherapy” (more on this topic).
In September of this year, Jessica Bernard, associate professor at Texas A&M University, a cognitive neurobiologist, wrote about the experience of scientists studying the effects of coronavirus on the brain. The article was published by Sciencealert.com. According to the author, even in mild cases of COVID-19, infection can have a negative effect on the functioning of the human brain, especially processes related to the ability to think and move.
In August 2021, a preliminary but large-scale study of brain changes in people who had experienced COVID-19 was conducted. Scientists relied on the existing Biobank database, which contains brain scans of over 45. people. Almost 800 people from this group were examined.
The research team analyzed brain imaging data and then took additional brain scans of people diagnosed with COVID-19. People who had experienced COVID-19 were compared to those who were not infected. The researchers also took into account the age of the subjects, gender, common disease risk factors, and socioeconomic status.
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Clear differences were found in the gray matter, which is made up of the cellular bodies of information-processing neurons in the brain. In the group of people who had previously suffered from the coronavirus, the thickness of the gray matter tissue was clearly smaller than in the second group.
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Some changes in gray matter volume and thickness are considered normal, as people age, but here the changes were much greater. Interestingly, when researchers compared the results of those who had had a hard time of COVID-19 with the need for hospitalization, it was the same as for those who had mildly had the disease.
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