New Delhi: The leading private health facility in Delhi on Saturday said reported an increase in neurological problems among post-covid patients, including cases of emergency brain bleeding.
Also, in the patient department of patients (OPD), up to 60 percent of patients presented increased mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, lonely feelings, and the majority of these were post-covid cases, Moolchand Hospital words in a statement.
Doctors in private facilities say neurological problems among post-covid patients have seen “Rising” here.
Moolchand Hospital has “recorded an increase in intracerebral bleeding cases (brain), and 50 percent of the neuroscience department was filled with such cases , “he said.
The doctors also said that people who survived the pandemic and those infected with Covid-19 came to hospital a few weeks later with symptoms such as headaches, giddiness, fatigue, cognitive difficulties, memory problems, strokes, depression , stroke, depression, stroke, pain disorders and sleep.
In OPD, up to 60 percent of patients come with mental health problems such as headaches, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, lonely feelings etc., they said.
“The majority of cases These are those who have Covid-19 infection in the past, with a gap of two to three months, “said a senior neurosurgeon at Moolchand Hospital, said Dr.
Asha Bak Shi.
“Such problems greatly affect their personal and professional lives.
Many complain that they feel very difficult to focus while working.
People struggle with the problem of adjusting work life too,” he said.
Bakshi said that pandemics not only caused acute inflammatory diseases involving the lungs especially, but also have caused some long-term neurological problems.
He quoted a large cohort study conducted by a global consortium study of neurological dysfunction in Covid-19 (GCS-Neurocovid) and European Academy Neurological Neuro-Covid Registry (Energy) of more than 3,700 patients who showed that neurological manifestations were found in around 80 percent of patients treated At the hospital with Covid-19, the statement said.
“Thirty-seven percent of patients report symptoms, including headaches while anosmia or ageia are reported in 26 percent of them.
The most common neurological syndrome is reportedly acute encephalopathy (49 percent), comma (17 percent), and stroke (six percent).
The presence of neurological signs captured clinically or the syndrome is associated with an increased risk of death in the hospital, “said Different Neurosurgeon.
He also said that more than 42 percent of the people surveyed by the US Census Bureau in December reported symptoms of anxiety or depression.
“Data from other surveys shows that the image is similar throughout the world.
In India, a study from Assam (Hazarika and colleagues) found that 46 percent had anxiety, 22 percent had several forms of depression and five percent had suicide thoughts,” Bakshi added.
He emphasized the need to overcome the incidence of neurological disorders and long-term mental health problems in the post-covid population.
“It needs to be dealt with seriously especially when large populas are influenced because they have direct implications for our social fabrics and more importantly on the life life and economic health of the next country,” Bakshi added.
Meanwhile, City-based Akash health care on Saturday said the hospital had received 15-20 cases with neurological conditions after patients recovered from Covid-19, in the last two-four weeks.
“The most common conditions we have seen are migraine headaches and post-covid encephalopathy apart from proximal myopathy.
The other rare conditions include Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
Usually, headaches are migraine characters, present in the younger age group and not responding well For general drugs used for general migraines, “said Dr.
Madhukar Bhardwaj, neurologist at the Special Hospital Aakash Healthcare.
Post-covid encephalopathy presents a decrease in progressive behavior and vigilance in parents.
The patients usually come with various questions about post-covid conditions and are very worried, the doctor said.
“So far, we haven’t seen children coming with such conditions.
People come to us with this neurological condition after one-two months recovering from Covid,” he said.