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How COVID almost killed a healthy woman with "no normal symptoms"
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Rebecca Wrixon is seen at University Hospital Southampton during treatment for severe inflammation of the brain caused by COVID-19 infection.
"I had no normal symptoms like they tell you to look out for at all.
Once the COVID-19 infection had passed and she had tested negative for the virus, Pinto started giving Wrixon high dose steroids and blood plasma exchange.
COVID-19 infection "is associated with a wide spectrum of neurological syndromes," the study authors concluded.
A larger study published in The Lancet, which includes the data from the UCL research, looked more broadly at the prevalence of neurological symptoms in COVID-19 patients.
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