Tom Andrews on Twitter
Comprehensive thread on Twitter: sleepiness, ophthalmoplegia, Parkinsonism, spontaneous movements, dysuria & constipation which we consider characteristic of lethargic encephalitis, due to the position of the lesions in the brainstem THE OCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA
Chris Turnbull on Twitter
Comprehensive thread on Twitter: 1/ Covid New Study Shows bleeding on the brain, neuron death & damage, severe inflammation including the 'mild': cases virus found in cells that line the Brain and brainstem—new insight into Long Covid, strokes and other brain disease
How Effects on the Brain Can Produce Long COVID - Neuroscience News
"Even with mild cases, COVID-19 can cause confusion, delirium, sleepiness, poor cognitive function, intense headaches, and uncomfortable skin sensations. In more severe cases, patients have suffered complications as serious as strokes."
Coronavirus effects linger in once-healthy brains. Long COVID's toll feared in Louisiana.
“‘My great concern is that there could be a wave of dementia cases over the next 5 to 10 years that can be directly traced back to this pandemic…It is a vascular virus…It does bad things to blood vessels in our bodies.’”
Increased incidence of COVID-19 breakthrough cases associated with psychiatric disorders
"In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated the relationship between past psychiatric disorder diagnoses and breakthrough cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in fully vaccinated people."
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,'"
Physical, psychological and cognitive profile of post-COVID condition in healthcare workers, Quebec, Canada
"Persistent cognitive and other professionally-disabling sequelae of COVID-19 in essential workers could have critical implications for quality healthcare delivery during and after the pandemic."
Memory loss and 'brain fog' may be side effects of COVID-19, new study shows
Study: Long-term COVID-19 side effects could include memory loss and other cognitive dysfunctions.
Most common cognitive deficits: memory encoding and memory recall, which showed up in 24% and 23% of the participants, respectively.
What Drives Post-COVID Cognitive Changes?
Covid brain damage: Millions have persistent cognitive issues after SARS-CoV-2 due to vascular injury...even young & healthy who had mild case.
"However, there are not yet effective laboratory tests or treatments for COVID-associated cognitive changes."
SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induces cognitive deficit and anxiety-like behavior in mouse via non-cell autonomous hippocampal neuronal death
"Our behavioral study showed that administration of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein S1 subunit to mouse hippocampus induced cognitive deficit and anxiety-like behavior in vivo. These neurological symptoms were accompanied by neuronal cell death."
'They can’t think': Covid patients suffer memory problems months after recovering
As many as 24% of people who have recovered from Covid-19 continue to experience cognitive difficulties, including problems w/memory, multitasking, processing speed & focusing, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reported Friday:
COVID-19-related encephalopathy presenting with aphasia resolving following tocilizumab treatment
"COVID-19-related encephalopathy may present with early language disturbances.
Cytokine-mediated neuroinflammation has been suggested as the underlying mechanism"
COVID-19-related encephalopathy presenting with aphasia:
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Encephalopathy in COVID-19 Presenting With Acute Aphasia Mimicking Stroke
"reversible COVID-19-related encephalopathy presenting as acute aphasia, mimicking stroke or status epilepticus, eventually evolving into delirium...our case suggests that focal neurological deficits may occur as the earliest feature of encephalopathy"