Confusion, stroke, memory loss: How coronavirus affects the brain


Damage to brain: Some people hospitalised with Covid-19, experience delirium. A few others suffer from stroke, brain haemorrhage, memory loss and other neurological symptoms.

CONFUSION, loss of smell, behavioural changes – these are some of the neurological symptoms of the novel coronavirus as witnessed in Covid-19 patients lately.

Some people, hospitalised with Covid-19, experience delirium – they are confused, disorientated and agitated. Stroke, brain haemorrhage and memory loss are some other serious impacts coronavirus has on few patients.

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