Front Neurol
January 2024
The present study focused on examining the association between the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, and cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), a specific form of stroke that affects the brain's vessels and sinuses. While COVID-19 is primarily recognized for its respiratory impact, it may also affect other organs, including the brain. One notable aspect of COVID-19 is its association with coagulopathy, an abnormal condition of blood clotting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the last decades, it has been considered that syphilis and its complications, including neurological damage, are able to be kept under control with proper epidemiological management. However, socio-economic changes and the problem of antibiotic resistance have brought it back into the focus of clinicians. The present study reports on the cases of three male patients of different ages (28, 76 and 51 years) from different social backgrounds and occupations were provided (first patient, nurse; second patient, pensioner; third patient, navigator); they were confirmed to have neurosyphilis, clinically, paraclinically and by imaging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealthcare (Basel)
February 2023
A new hyper-inflammatory syndrome in children was identified after SARS-CoV-2 infection as a post-infectious complication that is temporally associated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Fever, rash, conjunctival hyperemia, and gastrointestinal problems are all clinical manifestations of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. This condition, in some cases, causes multisystem involvement, affecting multiple organ systems and necessitating admission to a pediatric intensive care unit.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOphthalmic non-motor impairments are common in Parkinson's disease patients, from the onset of the neurodegenerative disease and even prior to the development of motor symptoms. This is a very crucial component of the potential for early detection of this disease, even in its earliest stages. Since the ophthalmological disease is extensive and impacts all extraocular and intraocular components of the optical analyzer, a competent assessment of it would be beneficial for the patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: The purpose of this paper was to perform a literature review on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiothoracic and vascular surgery care and departments. : To conduct this evaluation, an electronic search of many databases was conducted, and the resulting papers were chosen and evaluated. : Firstly, we have addressed the impact of COVID-19 infection on the cardiovascular system from the pathophysiological and treatment points of view.
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