Neurological Sequelae Post Covid-19: Bibliographic Review

Abstract

Around 10 to 20% of patients who had Covid-19 developed long Covid; however, many authors have reported a higher prevalence , especially in survivors of severe pneumonia. Neurological symptoms are mainly characterized by headache, delirium, vertigo, alterations in cognition, concentration problems, short-term memory deficit, decrease in attention, language and praxis, among others syptoms. There is evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus triggers inflammatory processes that accelerate neurological deterioration due to the accumulation of tau protein and fibrillar B-amyloid in neurons, which could cause the cognitive deterioration that has been reported and that also It is present in Alzheimer’s Disease. It is a priority that the family doctor can make a timely diagnosis of these sequelae and initiate appropriate management, including referral to the neurologist of affected patients, seeking to delay the evolution of neurological damage.