Post-covid syndrome: psychoneurological disorders in focus

Abstract

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus infection pandemic has spread all over the world millions of people have been recovered from it that makes necessary the research of their health status after the acute infection phase. The accumulated data about previous coronavirus epidemics showed their prolonged impacton the nervous system with the manifestation of mental and neurological symptoms. Specialists from different countries from the beginning of the pandemic have revealed typical symptoms in patients recovered from coronavirus infection with negative tests still complained on residual respiratory, gastroenterological and psychoneurological symptoms that manifested with asthenic, cognitive, dissomnic and affective disorders, anosmia and changes in taste preferences. No correlation between infection severity and symptoms set in the reconvalescence period has been found. Different countries have been used different terms to describe it like prolonged, long, chronic covid.The leading medical centers have made their impact in this problem analysis During the two recent years a big international research base, including the data from electronic medical histories has been accumulated concerning COVID 19 reconvalescents health status. WHO has presented the postcovid 19 syndrome work definition, in its structure psychoneurological symptoms such as asthenia, anxietydepressive and cognitive disorders, insomnia play an important role. The healthcare provision for the patients with postcovid syndrome remains the issue needed further elaboration , the most promising treatment plan seems the combination of pharmacotherapy with psychosocial interventions. Tofizopam as a drug with anxiolytic, secondary precognitive and aniastenic effects can be recommended for the postocovid syndrome psychoneurological symptoms.