CASE REPORT: A 74-YEAR-OLD COVID-19 PATIENT PRESENTING WITH HYPERGLYCAEMIA, STROKE AND GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME
Category:
Research Article
Published:
November 2024
Issue:
Vol. 3, Issue 1
Pages:
151 - 155
Authors
Godwin C Mbata
Pulmonology Unit. Dept. of Medicine, Federal Medical Center Owerri
Chibueze OU Eke
Pulmonology Unit. Dept. of Medicine, Federal Medical Center Owerri
Abstract
Covid-19 infection is an airborne infection caused by SARS-CoV-2, a positive stranded RNA virus. The disease which started in Wuhan a commercial city in China rapidly spread around the globe causing a pandemic. It presents mainly with pneumonitis, but may have other systemic affectations. We highlight this case of a seventy-four-year old man with no background medical condition who developed severe form of the infection complicated by hyperglycaemia, stroke and post infectious polyneuropathy. He achieved full clinical recovery with the limited available resources.
Keywords:
Covid-19, Infection, Hyperglycaemia, Stroke, Polyneuropathy
How to Cite This Article
Godwin C Mbata, Chibueze OU Eke. (November 2024). CASE REPORT: A 74-YEAR-OLD COVID-19 PATIENT PRESENTING WITH HYPERGLYCAEMIA, STROKE AND GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME. Eastern Heartland Journal of Medicine, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp. 151-155.
Article Information
Submitted:
Not specified
Published:
November 2024
Pages:
151 - 155
Journal: Eastern Heartland Journal of Medicine
Publisher: Federal Teaching Hospital Owerri, Nigeria
ISSN: 2734-2875 (Print)