During the beginning of the pandemic, small-scale studies were conducted linking neurological illnesses and coronavirus. More recently, a larger study confirmed that a high percentage of coronavirus patients have a neurological symptom or may suffer from brain damage.
The olfactory tract may be allowing coronavirus infection to reach the central nervous system. Depressed mood and anxiety as psychological symptoms had been an 'unexpected finding'.
A majority of patients who have recovered from coronavirus still experience at least one lasting symptom. Doctors continue to study the possible acute and chronic effects of the virus.
COVID-19 can cause priapism or the prolonged erection of the penis. Blood in the blood vessels of the penis did not leave after coronavirus triggered blood clots in the penis - a dangerous complication of the virus.
Earlier research suggests that skin lesions also known as COVID-toes on children and adolescents are caused by SARS-CoV-2, but a recent study reveals that it might not be the case.
A team of researchers found that there is a spike of people who went to doctors or clinics with influenza-like illnesses in March which suggests that more 80% of them were never diagnosed.