Coronavirus infection can lead to the development of Guillain-Barré syndrome, RIA Novosti reports, citing the results of a study by a team of scientists at the University of Birmingham.
It turned out that the antibodies produced by the body of a person who had recovered from SARS-CoV-2 are very similar to those that provoke autoimmune diseases of the heart and skin.
In the course of studying this fact, it became clear that the first symptoms of this kind of complications after coronavirus are numbness in the feet and hands. This is accompanied by muscle weakness, pain, and coordination problems. All these signs were found by doctors in study participants who had undergone a coronavirus in both mild and severe forms.
By definition, Guillain-Barré syndrome is an acute autoimmune inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy. It manifests itself in the form of flaccid paresis, sensitivity disorders, autonomic disorders. It was first described by French doctors Georges Guillain and Jean Barre in 1916.
According to the Operations Headquarters, 9 163 new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in Russia over the past 24 hours. Of these, in Moscow – 2936. According to Rospotrebnadzor, for the entire period of the pandemic, more than 140.4 million laboratory tests were carried out on COVID-19, including 483,000 in the last day. 527,000 people remain under medical supervision.
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