Arizona coronavirus patient, 23, goes viral after detailing illness: ‘COVID-19 is no joke’ - Fox News

A young coronavirus patient is going viral after he opened up about his experience with COVID-19, warning others that the virus is “no joke.” .

Riley Behrens, of Arizona, detailed his experience in a viral Twitter thread Sunday, saying he suffered a transient ischemic attack (TIA) due to complications related to the novel virus. ?

A young coronavirus patient is going viral after he opened up about his experience with COVID-19, warning other than the virus is “no joke.”.

I'm 23 years old and I just had a stroke due to Covid-19 complications,” he began.

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29, the man was hospitalized due to COVID-19; he was exposed to the virus after spending time with someone who went to a wedding, though he didn’t know they had “until it was too late.” .

I'd had chest pain and headaches for a few days prior, but those were written off as mild COVID-19 symptoms,” he said, noting his primary care physician encouraged him to go to the emergency room. .

Before his experience with COVID-19, Behrens said he was a “healthy, young athlete with no major medical conditions

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The novel coronavirus has been linked to several neurological conditions, with one study from July identifying those conditions as stroke, delirium, nerve damage and a rare inflammatory brain condition that can be fatal.