Covid and Brain Damage

Covid and Brain Damage

#Memory #brain #Brain
laurie allee on Twitter
laurie allee on Twitter
"This comprehensive analysis of patients with neuro-PASC revealed a disabling but difficult to characterize syndrome that develops even after relatively mild COVID-19. A common feature is memory impairment."
·twitter.com·
laurie allee on Twitter
Long COVID and Dementia: The Link Is Still Elusive | ALZFORUM
Long COVID and Dementia: The Link Is Still Elusive | ALZFORUM
154,000 veterans who had COVID were 1.4 times likelier to have a neurologic condition--memory problems, stroke, neuropathy, mental health disorders, migraines, or seizures--in year following illness. This was true for all COVID cases, from mild to severe.
·alzforum.org·
Long COVID and Dementia: The Link Is Still Elusive | ALZFORUM
Could long covid change brain activity
Could long covid change brain activity
"Scientists report that brain scans of long COVID patients show abnormal activity in areas related to memory...likened the brain changes to what happens in HIV patients and in those with traumatic brain injury."
·usnews.com·
Could long covid change brain activity
Cerebral hypoperfusion in post-COVID-19 cognitively impaired subjects revealed by arterial spin labeling MRI
Cerebral hypoperfusion in post-COVID-19 cognitively impaired subjects revealed by arterial spin labeling MRI
Study examining patients at a long COVID neurology clinic showing deficits in executive, attention, language and memory functions. MRIs showed reduced blood flow to frontal, parietal and temporal regions of the brain compared to age & sex matched controls
·nature.com·
Cerebral hypoperfusion in post-COVID-19 cognitively impaired subjects revealed by arterial spin labeling MRI
Omicron better at invading young noses than other variants; smell loss may predict memory issues | Inquirer News
Omicron better at invading young noses than other variants; smell loss may predict memory issues | Inquirer News

Brain damage after even mild Covid in kids: Omicron is much better at invading children's noses, predicts memory issues. "Severity of smell dysfunction after infection may be a better predictor of long-term cognitive impairment than severity of COVID-19"

·newsinfo.inquirer.net·
Omicron better at invading young noses than other variants; smell loss may predict memory issues | Inquirer News
Rapid vigilance and episodic memory decrements in COVID-19 survivors
Rapid vigilance and episodic memory decrements in COVID-19 survivors

Excellent study from Oxford💥💥 This is the first report describing deficits in sustained attention & episodic memory amongst mildly-affected #COVID19 survivors long after the acute illness, in people who were not complaining of long-COVID symptoms

·academic.oup.com·
Rapid vigilance and episodic memory decrements in COVID-19 survivors
COVID-19 brain fog | CityNews Toronto
COVID-19 brain fog | CityNews Toronto

"Bluntly and rather disconcertingly, Pirzada says if someone is dealing with significant brain fog, there isn’t much that can be done...

'We can refer you to a specialist that will see you in the long term, but they won’t know what to do either,'"

·toronto.citynews.ca·
COVID-19 brain fog | CityNews Toronto
laurie allee on Twitter
laurie allee on Twitter
“This study confirms what we have also seen at Northwestern, that cognitive problems are persistent both in patients who were previously hospitalized and also in patients who had only mild respiratory symptoms,”
·twitter.com·
laurie allee on Twitter
When COVID-19 Breaches the Brain
When COVID-19 Breaches the Brain
"In the post-COVID-19 participants, researchers found reductions in cognitive function, including greater difficulties in problem-solving, visual attention, and spatial working memory."
·psychologytoday.com·
When COVID-19 Breaches the Brain
Reimer calls findings from COVID fog study 'alarming'
Reimer calls findings from COVID fog study 'alarming'

1 in 4 post-Covid have cognitive dysfunction: "...has persistent concentration difficulties, has problems with verbal or non-verbal learning, has short-term or working memory loss, & many other symptoms related to the brain"

·winnipeg.ctvnews.ca·
Reimer calls findings from COVID fog study 'alarming'