Analysis of a clinical case of COVID-19 associated facial neuropathy

Abstract

A clinical case of facial nerve neuropathy in a young female patient with a confirmed case of COVID-19 was analyzed in terms of pathogenetic mechanisms of neuropathy development. The data of the study of neurological status were compared with the indicators of instrumental methods of research; the fact of the absence of vegetative symptoms in terms of differential diagnosis of the genesis of neuropathy was considered. Among the discussed aspects of the formation of pathological clinical symptoms, pathophysiological mechanisms of infectious-allergic edema of the myelin sheaths of the affected nerve according to the peripheral type are identified as significant.