NEUROLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF A NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTION IN CHILDREN

Keywords: COVID-19, children, multisystem inflammatory syndrome, post-COVID syndrome, neurological manifestations, encephalopathy
Abstarct: The article presents a review of the literature on COVID-19 and related neurological and neuroimmunological complications in children. The high rate of spread, severe symptoms, psychological and neurological problems, as well as the unavailability of effective drugs are known to be the main factors that make COVID-19 a large-scale threat to the whole world. COVID-19 is thought to be a mild infectious disease in children. However, the possibility of serious complications like multisystem inflammatory syndrome development cannot be excluded. COVID-19 causes mild or severe neurological problems in children, such as stroke, encephalopathy, myalgia, cephalgia etc. The development of these conditions is associated with pro-inflammatory reactions and a cytokine storm that alter the physiology of the blood- brain barrier and allow the virus to enter the brain.

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