Russian expert names 3 main risk factors for COVID patients

COVID survivors may experience neurological problems, in particular lesions of the central nervous system, which are associated with three risks, head of the cognitive impairments department of the Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnologies of the Russian Federal Medical Biological Agency (FMBA), Doctor of Medical Sciences Anna Bogolepova said, Report informs referring to Russian media.

“The combination of COVID and acute cerebrovascular accidents is of particular importance. In COVID patients, it seems that the presence of concomitant risk factors, primarily diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease and arterial hypertension, is of primary importance in the development of cerebrovascular accidents,” noted the expert.

The severe course of COVID-19 contributes to the occurrence of pro-inflammatory changes, bleeding disorders and damage to the microvascular bed, she added.