Chronic phase of COVID-19: physical therapist´s challenges in the face of neurological events | Fase crônica da COVID-19: desafios do fisioterapeuta diante das manifestações neurológicas
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https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-5918.033.ED03Abstract
The COVID -19 began in the city of Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and it’s caused by a newly discovered coronavirus, the SARS-COV-2. Soon after, the COVID-19 epidemic in China became a pandemic with significant burdens on healthcare and the world economy. COVID-19 presents mainly as a respiratory disease, which is sometimes accompanied by gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal events. According to clinical studies in Asia, the most prevalent symptoms consist of fever, cough, dyspnea, sputum production, myalgia, arthralgia, headache, diarrhea, runny nose, and sore throat. A retrospective study in China with more than 200 participants found that a subset of patients with COVID-19 had neurological symptoms. These include impaired consciousness, acute cerebrovascular disease and musculoskeletal symptoms, suggesting the impairment of the central (CNS) and peripheral (PNS) nervous systems.
A COVID-19 teve seu início na cidade Wuhan, na China, em dezembro de 2019, sendo causada pelo novo coronavírus, o SARS-COV-2. Rapidamente, a epidemia de COVID-19 na China se tornou uma pandemia, com encargos significativos para os cuidados de saúde e para a economia mundial. A COVID-19 se manifesta principalmente como doença respiratória e é ocasionalmente acompanhada de manifestações gastrointestinais e musculoesqueléticas. De acordo com estudos clínicos da Ásia, os sintomas mais prevalentes consistem em febre, tosse, dispneia, produção de escarro, mialgia, artralgia, dor de cabeça, diarreia, rinorreia e dor de garganta. Um estudo retrospectivo na China envolvendo mais de 200 participantes revelou que um subconjunto de pacientes com COVID-19 apresentou sintomas neurológicos; estes incluíram consciência prejudicada, doença cerebrovascular aguda e sintomas musculoesqueléticos, sugerindo o envolvimento dos sistemas nervosos central (SNC) e periférico (SNP).
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