The 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic, severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV-2 (COVID-19), has been a worldwide urgent public health threat, resulting in six-hundred seventy thousand deaths to date. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a series of public health challenges. One such challenge is the management of diseases such as chronic neurological diseases during an epidemic event. COVID-19 affects all kinds of people, including older people with chronic underlying diseases, who are particularly at risk of severe infection or even death. Chronic neurological diseases such as epilepsy, dementia, Parkinson’s disease (PD), and multiple sclerosis (MS) are frequently associated with comorbidities; thus, these patients are in the high-risk category. Therefore, in this article, we review associations and challenges the people with epilepsy, dementia, PD, and MS faces during the COVID-19 pandemic and suggest approaches to provide consensus recommendations on how to provide the best possible care.

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慢性神经系统疾病和 COVID-19：关联和注意事项


2019 年新型冠状病毒大流行，即严重急性呼吸综合征 CoV-2 (COVID-19)，已成为全球范围内的紧急公共卫生威胁，迄今为止已导致 67 万人死亡。 COVID-19 大流行带来了一系列公共卫生挑战。其中一项挑战是流行病期间慢性神经系统疾病等疾病的管理。 COVID-19影响各类人群，包括患有慢性基础疾病的老年人，他们特别面临严重感染甚至死亡的风险。慢性神经系统疾病，如癫痫、痴呆、帕金森病 (PD) 和多发性硬化症 (MS) 经常与合并症相关。因此，这些患者属于高危类别。因此，在本文中，我们回顾了 COVID-19 大流行期间癫痫、痴呆、帕金森病和多发性硬化症患者面临的关联和挑战，并提出了一些方法，以就如何提供最佳护理提供共识建议。