Mental Health & COVID-19: The untreated consequences including psychosis may be devastating

Dr. Patricia Farrell
All About Health
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6 min readApr 23, 2020

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Coughing, struggling to breathe, body aches, and fever are only some of the classic symptoms of the COVID-19 virus pandemic ravaging the world. Now, even more symptoms are cropping up, including stroke, heart problems, chills, and strange purple marks including skin rashes. Dermatologists are mystified by this latest symptom. The COVID-19 is also causing strokes in young patients to the dismay of seasoned professionals.

Medical professionals have recently determined that the virus is not a pulmonary disease, but one affecting the lining of the circulatory system. It is this newly-found characteristic that has deemed it to be a cardiovascular disease. The new designation explains the mystifying strokes in young individuals and multiple systemic changes in children.

The latest discovery of the damage that COVID-19 can do even to those who prevail over it is striking. Not only are blood clots and fatal strokes taking the lives of young people, but the virus may also have residual brain damage included in…

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Dr. Patricia Farrell
All About Health

Dr. Farrell is a psychologist, consultant, author, and member of SAG/AFTRA, interested in flash fiction writing (http://bitly.ws/S94e) and health.