Recently, a patient with encephalitis infected with COVID-19 was admitted to the Department of Neurology of Shenzhen University General Hospital. The patient Xiaoqin (pseudonym) is 25 years old and was infected with COVID-19 virus half a month ago. Just when Xiao Qin Xinguan was about to recover, an unexpected thing happened to her and her family. Xiao Qin appeared gibberish and strange visual hallucination mental symptoms, accompanied by limb convulsions.
Xiao Qin received a puncture examination in Shenzhen University General Hospital. The results showed that anti-GQ 1b antibody was positive, and it was diagnosed as autoimmune encephalitis.
Zhang Hongya, deputy chief physician of "Neuroinfection and Immune Diseases" in the Department of Neurology, Shenzhen University General Hospital, said, "Meningitis has a high mortality rate and a high disability rate, some of which can rapidly develop into critical diseases and endanger life, and some have a high recurrence rate. Viruses can not only enter the brain and directly attack brain tissues, cerebral vessels and meninges, causing stroke and viral encephalomyelitis, but also lead to systemic inflammatory storms and immune abnormalities, thus inducing acute necrotizing encephalopathy, autoimmune encephalomyelitis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and Guillain-Barre syndrome, and can also be combined with opportunistic brain infections caused by other pathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi, tuberculosis, etc.). ).
Therefore, suffering from COVID-19 encephalitis is also a very harmful thing. But generally speaking, COVID-19 encephalitis is not the main symptom of infection.
Patients infected with COVID-19 don't have encephalitis in the early stage, and usually show symptoms such as fever, cough and fatigue, mainly respiratory tract infection, which can be cured. As long as the related symptoms persist, it may develop into encephalitis. In this case, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible for examination and treatment under the guidance of a doctor.
Usually, the main symptoms of COVID-19's encephalitis are: abnormal mental nerves, nonsense, irritability, and even coma, lethargy and listlessness with the aggravation of the disease; Because the virus invades the central nervous system, it induces squabbles, maxillofacial convulsions, increased limb tension, dyspnea and even respiratory failure; When the virus invades and damages the central nervous system, it will be accompanied by obvious headache, muscle pain and abdominal pain.
COVID-19's encephalitis can be cured in the early stage, but if it is severe encephalitis, it will be more difficult to treat, and it may also produce sequelae such as epilepsy and hydrocephalus.
At present, the treatment methods of encephalitis in COVID-19 mainly include general drug treatment, antiviral treatment and traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Drug therapy is used to slow down symptoms, antiviral therapy is used to shorten the course of disease, and Chinese medicine therapy is used to stabilize the disease and promote physical recovery.
Although COVID-19 encephalitis will not be the main symptom of infection, we should not take it lightly. If some of the above symptoms appear, you must seek medical attention in time to stifle the serious illness in the cradle.