少數(shù)冠狀病毒患者表現(xiàn)出神經癥狀

少數(shù)冠狀病毒患者表現(xiàn)出神經癥狀

A small percentage of coronavirus patients suffer neurological problems like stroke and seizures, a report said.

一份報告稱，一小部分冠狀病毒患者患有中風和癲癇等神經問題。

Common symptoms of COVID-19 include cough, shortness of breath and fever, but in rare cases, patients can exhibit an altered mental state, the New York Times reported.

據(jù)《紐約時報》報道，COVID-19 的常見癥狀包括咳嗽、氣短和發(fā)燒，但在極少數(shù)情況下，患者會表現(xiàn)出精神狀態(tài)的改變。

Late last month In Michigan, a woman with coronavirus told doctors her name, but there was little else she could provide. A brain scan showed swelling and inflammation. She was diagnosed with acute necrotizing encephalopathy, a rare complication from some viruses, including the flu and remains in critical condition, according to the Times.

上個月下旬，在密歇根州，一名感染了冠狀病毒的婦女告訴醫(yī)生她的名字，但除此之外，她幾乎沒有什么可以提供的了。腦部掃描顯示有腫脹和炎癥。據(jù)《紐約時報》報道，她被診斷出患有急性壞死性腦病，這是包括流感在內的一些病毒引起的罕見并發(fā)癥，目前情況危急。

“The pattern of involvement and the way that it rapidly progressed over days, is consistent with viral inflammation of the brain,” Dr. Elissa Fory, a neurologist with Henry Ford Health System, told The Times. “This may indicate the virus can invade the brain directly in rare circumstances.”

亨利·福特健康系統(tǒng)的神經學家埃莉薩·福里博士告訴《泰晤士報》:“這種感染模式和它在幾天內迅速發(fā)展的方式，與大腦的病毒性炎癥是一致的。”“這可能表明病毒可以在罕見的情況下直接入侵大腦。”

Earlier in March, a man with Parkinson’s who was later diagnosed with coronavirus lost the ability to speak and suffered a seizure.

今年3月早些時候，一名后來被診斷為冠狀病毒感染的帕金森氏癥患者失去了說話能力，并突發(fā)癲癇。

Four older patients in Connecticut who originally went to the doctor for neurological symptoms but no cough or fever were also diagnosed with the virus.

康涅狄格州的四名老年患者最初去看醫(yī)生是為了看神經系統(tǒng)癥狀，但沒有咳嗽或發(fā)燒，他們也被診斷出感染了這種病毒。

In Italy, doctors have similarly documented patients experiencing strokes, seizures and delirium.

在意大利，醫(yī)生也有類似的記錄，病人經歷中風、癲癇和精神錯亂。

“There’s no ventilator for the brain,” Dr. Sherry H-Y. Chou, a neurologist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, told The Times. “If the lungs are broken we can put the patient on a ventilator and hope for recovery. We don’t have that luxury with the brain.”

“大腦沒有呼吸機，”雪莉H-Y醫(yī)生說。匹茲堡大學醫(yī)學院的神經學家周告訴《泰晤士報》。“如果肺部受損，我們還可以給病人戴上呼吸機，希望能早日康復。但是我們的大腦沒有這種奢侈。”

Doctors stress the vast majority of coronavirus patients have no neurological symptoms, but more research needs to be done on the phenomenon.

醫(yī)生強調，絕大多數(shù)冠狀病毒患者沒有神經癥狀，但需要對這一現(xiàn)象進行更多的研究。

“It could be as simple as low levels of oxygen in the bloodstream,” Dr. Robert Stevens, a neurologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, speculated on the symptoms.

約翰霍普金斯醫(yī)學院的神經病學家羅伯特·史蒂文斯(Robert Stevens)博士對這些癥狀進行了推測：“這很簡單，就像血液中的氧氣不足一樣。”