Woman With Long COVID Says She Can't Even Change Bedclothes
“U.K. woman says COVID-19 left her with debilitating memory loss, as experts warn the number of people with the condition is increasing "at an alarming rate."
COVID-19 Predicted to Boost Global Dementia Rates
COVID-19 Predicted to Boost Global Dementia Rates
WesElyMD on Twitter
Comprehensive explanation thread: 1/🧵 The Haunting Brain Science of Long COVID 🧠
@washingtonpost Aug 25
📍Brain shrinking 📍Corona ghosts 📍Autoimmunity 📍Clinical clusters
“The good news is that in some pts #LongCovid #BrainFog may not be permanent.”
Link👇 but paywall so see 🧵
COVID-19 Can Severely Damage Your Kids’ Brain: Symptoms To Look Out For | TheHealthSite.com
"Covid-19 can severely damage your child's brain.
The research identifies a wide spectrum of neurological complications in children and suggests they may be more common than in adults admitted with Covid-19."
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How COVID-19 Can Affect Your Child's Brain
"How COVID-19 Can Affect Your Child's Brain
Some children develop neurological symptoms from COVID-19, including brain fog, memory issues, headaches, and trouble concentrating. We spoke with pediatric neurologists to learn more..."
Covid-19 linked to higher risk of brain conditions up to two years on
"Why covid-19 raises risk of neurological or mental health conditions is unclear...virus could persist in certain cells in the nervous system, or immune system’s efforts against the coronavirus may result in collateral brain damage"
Long covid brain effects
"A study published this week in the journal Lancet Psychiatry showed increased risks of some brain disorders two years after infection with the coronavirus, shedding new light on the long-term neurological and psychiatric aspects of the virus."
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Long COVID is associated with extensive in-vivo neuroinflammation on [18F]DPA-714 PET
COVID-19: Long COVID Neuroinflammation shown in PET scan
A study shows positron emission tomography (PET) scan imaging of two Long COVID patients compared with controls (
WesElyMD on Twitter
Thread on Twitter: 1/🧵Brain Dz in Long COVID 🧠
📌 This remarkable study of >1M COVID pts found mood & anxiety disorders improved 📌 BUT Acquired #BrainFog (dementia), psychosis & seizures persist at 2 YEARS. 📌 Omicron as bad as Delta
Devastating.
#vaxx & #mask indoors
Covid s harmful effects on the brain reverberate years later
Covid-19 survivors remain at higher risk of psychotic disorders, dementia and similar conditions for at least two years, according to a large study that highlights the mounting burden of chronic illness left in the pandemic’s wake
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In 1.28 million people, up to 2 years after Covid, w/ matched controls: "The persisting increased risk of post-COVID cognitive deficit, dementia, psychotic disorders, and epilepsy or seizures" and "similar during the delta and omicron waves"
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SARS-CoV-2 is able to reach CNS of COVID-19 patients, infect astrocytes,and impair neuronal function/viability, contributing to the alterations of brain structure thereby resulting in neurocognitive/neuropsychiatric dysfunctions.
Neurovascular injury with complement activation and inflammation in COVID-19
The microvascular injury and inflammation of the brain, with immune complex formation, that can occur from Covid, from in-depth assessment of 9 patient autopsies and controls.
Loss Of Smell Linked To Long Term Covid Cognitive Impairment
"Instead of disease severity, loss of smell seems a more promising avenue for predicting who develops persistent cognitive changes after SARS-CoV-2 infection."
Loss Of Smell Linked To Long Term Covid Cognitive Impairment
COVID Affects Executive Functioning in Young to Middle-Age Adults
"People who have had prior SARS-CoV-2 infection report significantly more symptoms of cognitive dysfunction and specifically executive dysfunction than people in the general population with no such infection..."
Psychosis in the Patient With COVID-19: An Emerging Psychopathology?
"COVID-19 can cause severe neuropsychological stress-inducing psychosis in affected patients...there has been an increase in the rate of psychotic symptoms such as paranoia, delusions of persecution, and auditory and visual hallucinations..."
Dr K Fearnley on Twitter
Attention medics. Does your patient have new-onset psychosis? hallucinations? personality changes post Covid?
They have neuro inflammation Encephalitis is not uncommon in #LongCovid, esp in the first months post infection. Psych is not appropriate. #MedTwitter #MedEd #TeamGP
Abdul Mannan Baig. (Ph.D.),(MBBS) on Twitter
Paper in JAMA neurology confirming my findings that were published 2.5 years back....They damage the CNS via olfactory route.
Neuropathology and virus in brain of SARS-CoV-2 infected non-human primates
Brain damage “was observed in all infected animals, regardless of disease severity, suggesting reduced brain oxygen may be a common complication of infection.”
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[Long COVID: Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Approach] - PubMed
"Several imaging studies have shown that long COVID cases present with decreased glucose metabolism & progressive brain atrophy.. no definitive consensus has been reached due to the complexity & diversity.."
COVID-PARKINSON’S LINK - News Services
"...analysis of nearly one million Danish health records that found COVID-19 patients were more likely to be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, as well as Alzheimer’s disease, stroke and bleeding in the brain."
Potential autonomic nervous system dysfunction in COVID-19 patients detected by heart rate variability is a sign of SARS-CoV-2 neurotropic features - PubMed
New: Neurotropism and presence of SARS-COV-2 protein in brainstem/probable effect on autonomic nervous system.
Covid study finds millions have long-term smell or taste problems
"Covid study finds millions have long-term smell or taste problems
Researchers say about 5% of infected adults may develop long-lasting changes to sense of smell or taste"
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"
Common viruses may be triggering the onset of Alzheimer’s disease
"... researchers also noted the #long_term #neurological effects that some COVID patients have experienced from the #SARSCoV2 virus, particularly among the elderly, and that both #VZV and #HSV_1 can be reactivated after a #COVID #infection."
COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain
"COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain
Nanotubes may provide a cunning answer to the mystery of how the virus that causes COVID infects neurons and produces long-lasting neurological symptoms"
Michelle Monje on Twitter
Thread on Twitter: How might even mild respiratory #COVID infection affect the brain? Using a mouse model of mild SARS-CoV-2 infection limited to the respiratory system, we found elevation of CNS cytokines/chemokines and white matter-specific microglial reactivity. 3/
Even Mild COVID-19 May Change the Brain
"A large study comparing brain scans from the same individuals before and after SARS-CoV-2 infection suggests that brain changes could be a lingering outcome of even mild COVID-19"
Willow on Twitter
29 months of #LongCovid after a "mild" onset. Here are 3 of my 4 inoperable #brainAneurysms, lesions, volume loss, & brain damage after strokes caused by Covid. #longcovidbraindamage #stroke #covidbraindamage
Mild respiratory COVID can cause multi-lineage neural cell and myelin dysregulation
"Mild respiratory COVID causes prominent neuroinflammation..."