A woman stripped her clothes off for "no reason" and drank body wash after contracting Covid-19 and experiencing bouts of delirium and mania.
The woman, in her 30s and from Doha, Qatar, had no medical record of mental health issues prior to her contracting the virus.
While she was diagnosed with a Covid-19 pneumonia, she only experienced mild symptoms of the illness, so doctors refrained from prescribing medication.
But on day four of her self-isolation, one of her relatives took her into A&E as they became "increasingly concerned" over her unusual behaviours.
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Since her diagnosis four days earlier she was "agitated, required less sleep and had been talking excessively", an article in the British Medical Journal reports.
The woman also talked to people who were not there, something which suggests she may have been hallucinating.
She also called family members with the wrong name and on one occasion stripped off for "no reason".
It was when she drank body soap, however, that her family decided she needed to be seen in hospital.
The doctors said: "On the day of admission, she impulsively drank 100 mL of body wash which was the final factor leading her relative to bring her to hospital."
The woman later told a psychiatrist that she had had no intention of self-harming, and while looking "embarrassed" for what she'd done, she explained her reason for her actions saying she liked the smell and taste of the soap.
Once she arrived for testing at the A&E, the patient was tested by doctors, with her reporting to be "briefly tearful, highly agitated and kept wandering in the department and asking to go home".
The woman's family had no record of mental health issues in her family, while she had never taken any alcohol or drugs and was a non-smoker.
The article in the BMJ further reports how the woman also appeared "happy" while talking to a psychiatrist after attending A&E, and was said to "want world peace".
"Although she had slept poorly for several days, she was not tired.
"She had grandiose religious ideas believing she had a special ‘spiritual power’ from God that she could give to others."
Her family confirmed these ideas did not conform to her normal beliefs.
She was diagnosed with Covid-19 pneumonia while also showing signs of delirium and mania, neither of which are usually associated with the virus.
