60% of us who had COVID still might have lingering viral spikes in our heads! Our new study reveals SARS-CoV-2 spike accumulation in the skull-meninges-brain axis & its implications in long COVID. By @zhouyi_rong
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Detailed, comprehensive Twitter thread on Covid and the brain: 1/55 Covid and the brain. An update of my January 29 2022 thread (linked). A lot of new science, some therapy suggestions. Peer reviewed, preprints, news commentaries, videos. 55 tweets.
'I'm an artist but long Covid has made my face blindness even worse - sometimes I even struggle to recognise friends'
'Renowned illustrator Stanley Chow has opened up on his experiences living with 'face blindness' as scientists in the US..
Even mild Covid can cause impairments with all five of your senses for long periods after the initial infection. *all images available as editable, printable files, DM for info.
"After Severe COVID, Cognitive Trajectories Go One of Three Ways
— Cognitive impairment persisted for 1 year in some patients age 50 and older"
"Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments
The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system"
"Incidence of Epilepsy and Seizures Over the First 6 Months After a COVID-19 Diagnosis
A Retrospective Cohort Study:"
"COVID-19 infections increase risk of long-term brain problems
Strokes, seizures, memory and movement disorders among problems that develop in first year after infection"
‘A silent killer’ - COVID-19 shown to trigger inflammation in the brain
Research led by The University of Queensland has found COVID-19 activates the same inflammatory response in the brain as Parkinson’s disease
