Covid-19 Paralyzed a Teen Girl's Vocal Cords, Doctors Say
The unusual case suggests vocal cord paralysis can be a rare neurological complication of covid-19.
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The unusual case suggests vocal cord paralysis can be a rare neurological complication of covid-19.
We’re still discovering new ways covid-19 can harm us, some four years after the emergence of this complicated viral disease. In a recent report, doctors in Massachusetts describe a teen girl whose vocal cords became paralyzed soon after a bout of covid-19. The girl required a tracheostomy in place for more than a year to help her breathe, though doctors did eventually remove it.