Man “Yang” induced encephalitis after the doctor: the new crown virus may invade the nervous system
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Mr. Zhu, 58, was found to have encephalitis after he became delirious after contracting the new coronavirus. Fortunately, he was treated by the Department of Intensive Care Medicine of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University, and he was recently discharged from the hospital after illness.
On December 30 last year, Mr. Zhu developed high fever, diarrhea, recurrent cough, anuria and other symptoms, as well as confusion and restlessness. Upon arrival at Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University, he suffered from frequent convulsions, closed teeth and confused consciousness.
“The patient was comatose, a sign of encephalitis.” Liu Baorong, deputy director of the hospital’s critical care medicine department, said. The medical team of the Department of Critical Care Medicine carried out basic life support for Mr. Zhu, continuous hemofiltration for temporary renal function replacement, transnasal high-flow oxygen therapy to improve the oxygenation index; Chinese medicine experts administered medicine in the patient’s coma, using Chinese medicine nasal feeding and Chinese medicine enema ……
After a few days of treatment, Mr. Zhu showed signs of consciousness turning clear. In the following days, he was even able to chat with the medical staff about his family, and his kidney function gradually improved, from the initial persistent anuria to 800 ml per day, and he was recently discharged from the hospital.
Liu Baorong explained that the new coronavirus mainly invades the respiratory system, but is not limited to the respiratory system, involving the nervous system is not uncommon. For example, the common “brain fog” after infection, loss of smell, loss of taste, etc., are involved in the nervous system.
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