Pain, fatigue, fuzzy thinking: How long COVID disrupts the brain
1 year, 1 month ago

Pain, fatigue, fuzzy thinking: How long COVID disrupts the brain

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Pain, fatigue, fuzzy thinking: How long COVID disrupts the brain Enlarge this image toggle caption David Wall/Getty Images David Wall/Getty Images Michelle Wilson got COVID three years ago. It's a story shared by a growing number of COVID "long-haulers" — those patients who suffer from persistent symptoms long after the initial infection has passed. "There are a lot of people suffering and those people need treatment yesterday," says Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, who holds positions at both Washington University and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System. "Unfortunately, long COVID, as we know it now, can affect nearly every organ system, including the brain," Al-Aly says.

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