Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Department of Medical Education, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Cerebellum. 2020 Jun;19(3):343-344. doi: 10.1007/s12311-020-01131-9.
Novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV2, has caused pandemic of highly contagious disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with epicenters in China, Italy, Spain, and the USA. Primarily affecting the human respiratory system, SARS-CoV2 has some impact on the human brain, but apparently minimal on the cerebellum, at least so far. Neurological involvement in the acute phase appears to manifest with confusion, dizziness, impaired consciousness, propensity to develop acute strokes, anosmia, hypogeusia, ataxia, epilepsy, and neuralgia. Cerebellar scholars are facing a time of uncertainty. Telemedicine has suddenly emerged as an alternative to follow patients. There is an urgent need to develop novel platforms to assess and follow ataxic patients remotely, especially because cerebellar patients often require ambulatory care to maintain their autonomy.
新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV2)引发了高度传染性疾病的大流行,这种疾病被称为 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19),其中心分别在中国、意大利、西班牙和美国。SARS-CoV2 主要影响人类的呼吸系统,但显然对小脑的影响极小,至少到目前为止是这样。在急性期,神经系统受累表现为意识混乱、头晕、意识障碍、易发生急性中风、嗅觉丧失、味觉减退、共济失调、癫痫和神经痛。小脑领域的学者正面临着不确定的时期。远程医疗突然成为一种替代方式来跟踪患者。因此,我们迫切需要开发新的平台,以便远程评估和跟踪共济失调患者,尤其是因为小脑患者通常需要门诊护理来维持其独立性。