A new study from the UK suggests the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a wave of brain damage in infected patients.<br />Experts at the University College London found COVID-19 could cause neurological complications including stroke, nerve damage, and brain inflammation.<br />According to CNN, such complications could arise even if the patients didn't show severe respiratory symptoms associated with the disease.<br />The virus that causes COVID-19 was not found in the patients' brain fluid, meaning the virus does not appear to directly attack the brain.<br />One theory is that the complications are indirectly triggered by an immune response from the patient's body -- not from the virus itself.<br />The researchers say follow-up studies will be necessary to understand the potential long-term neurological consequences of the pandemic.
