Brain scans of a woman in her 50s taken in Detroit revealed that some of her brain cells had died as a result of a rare complication of the infection, and similar attacks on the central nervous system have been seen in Italy and China.
患者腦掃瞄顯示一部分腦細胞死亡
By the time the woman, a 58-year-old airline worker, checked into a Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, she already had not only the typical cough and fever seen in coronavirus patients, but was confused, disoriented and lethargic.
患者除了感冒癥狀還出現精神混亂、迷失方向及昏睡
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8181257/Coronavirus-damage-brains-patients-reports-suggests.html
Their diagnosis: "COVID-19-associated acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy, a rare encephalopathy that has been associated with other viral infections."
他們的診斷:“與COVID-19相關的急性壞死性出血性腦病,這是一種罕見的腦病,與病毒感染有關。
It's believed the brain can be damaged by viral infection whenever a patient's immune system overreacts to the virus. This immune system hyperactivity triggers a "cytokine storm" -- an overproduction of immune cells and their activating compounds, known as cytokines.
由於免疫系統過度反應
The Detroit woman's case isn't unique -- a sizable minority of COVID-19 patients are presenting at hospitals with confusion, seizures and other signs of brain impairment, researchers report.
不是單一個案,而是有一部分人有相同腦部受損
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200402/in-some-cases-covid-19-may-harm-the-brain
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/coronavirus-may-cause-brain-damage-21804695