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

NPR  

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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Opinion: Don’t be stupid: Skipping your COVID booster could reduce your IQ
2 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Don’t be stupid: Skipping your COVID booster could reduce your IQ

LA Times  

Many people know that COVID infections might lead to short-term “brain fog,” but studies raise the prospect of cognitive deficits that can last for years. Participants who had long COVID — that is, with symptoms that lasted more than 12 weeks — had the equivalent of a 6-point IQ loss on average, and those who had been “admitted to the …

Post-COVID vaccination syndrome: What do we know?
1 year, 6 months ago

Post-COVID vaccination syndrome: What do we know?

Hindustan Times  

Like long COVID, post-COVID vaccination syndrome is characterized by a wide variety of symptoms and clinical pictures including chronic fatigue syndrome, migraines, muscle pain or cardiovascular diseases. An incorrect diagnosis of post-COVID vaccination syndrome could even hinder efforts to get patients with other diseases the therapy they actually need. Additionally, one of the only ways to say with any degree …

Scientists hope viruses hiding out in patients hold answers to long COVID
1 year, 9 months ago

Scientists hope viruses hiding out in patients hold answers to long COVID

LA Times  

Tracking microbes through a malodorous network of sewer lines led virologist Marc Johnson to the source of unusual coronavirus mutants. And during that time, the mutations showed the virus was “running like hell,” trying to evade the person’s immune system, Johnson said. The coronavirus may also be hiding out in long-lived nerve cells and heart muscle, where it may drive …

How lost connections between brain cells may explain Long Covid
2 years, 1 month ago

How lost connections between brain cells may explain Long Covid

The Hindu  

For a portion of people who get COVID, symptoms continue for months or even years after the initial infection. Some people with long COVID complain of “brain fog”, which includes a wide variety of cognitive symptoms affecting memory, concentration, sleep and speech. There’s also growing concern about findings that people who have had COVID are at increased risk of developing …

COVID-19 infection increases risk of long-term brain problems
2 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 infection increases risk of long-term brain problems

The Hindu  

People infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus are at increased risk of developing a range of neurological conditions in the first year after the infection, according to a large study conducted in the US. A previous study in Nature Medicine found that vaccines slightly reduce -- by about 20 per cent -- the risk of long-term brain problems. Neurological conditions occurred …

Immune response triggered by Covid-19 infection can damage brain, finds study
2 years, 5 months ago

Immune response triggered by Covid-19 infection can damage brain, finds study

Hindustan Times  

A study from the National Institutes of Health said the immune response triggered by COVID-19 infection can damage the brain's blood vessels and may lead to short- and long-term neurological symptoms. Understanding how SARS-CoV-2 can trigger brain damage may help inform development of therapies for COVID-19 patients who have lingering neurological symptoms, according to NIH. The scientists found evidence that …

‘I’m not all better’: How long COVID upended the life of an L.A. teen
2 years, 8 months ago

‘I’m not all better’: How long COVID upended the life of an L.A. teen

LA Times  

Week after week, 13-year-old Ami Korn holed up in his Tarzana bedroom with his dog, Barley, to isolate after testing positive for the coronavirus, waiting for the nagging headache and earaches to dissipate. Science & Medicine Cases of ‘long COVID’ frustrate patients, puzzle scientists Researchers are getting serious about understanding a disease patients call “long COVID.” Its symptoms include aches, …

Got Brain Fog Because Of Long COVID? Here's Why, And How To Cope.
2 years, 9 months ago

Got Brain Fog Because Of Long COVID? Here's Why, And How To Cope.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING If you’ve ever been jet-lagged or pulled an all-nighter before going straight into work or school, you probably know the feeling. And while there are many health conditions known to cause brain fog, COVID-19 seems to have a unique and serious impact on some people’s ability to think clearly. Even some people who contract influenza develop brain …

Researchers believe Covid cells may be able to 'infiltrate' the brain
3 years, 1 month ago

Researchers believe Covid cells may be able to 'infiltrate' the brain

Daily Mail  

Covid virus cells infiltrating a person's brain via their nos, could be the cause of some cognitive symptoms associated with 'long Covid.' Researchers believe that Covid may be able to infect a person's neurons by coming in through the nose, bypassing barriers in place the brain has to prevent such infections Once Covid cells attach themselves to neurons, they can …

Instances of long COVID unlikely in patients re-infected after vaccination, studies continue
3 years, 4 months ago

Instances of long COVID unlikely in patients re-infected after vaccination, studies continue

Firstpost  

Can I get ‘long COVID’ if I’m infected after vaccination? But researchers are also looking at whether those breakthrough cases could lead to long COVID-19, which is when people experience persistent, returning or new symptoms a month or more after an infection. Some estimates indicate about 30 percent of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients develop long-term symptoms, including shortness of breath, fatigue, …

Brain fog, unable to walk: Sufferers of 'long COVID' wait for answers about the mystery condition
3 years, 5 months ago

Brain fog, unable to walk: Sufferers of 'long COVID' wait for answers about the mystery condition

ABC  

'Long COVID' cases are expected to skyrocket in England post 'Freedom Day', as medical professionals and sufferers warn the impacts will plague health systems for years to come. The information they gather, in particular around immune systems, is being shared internationally to "answer the question" of what causes long COVID. "It is really important for people to understand that you …

COVID-19 long-term effects: People report ongoing fatigue, brain fog and breathlessness, so what's happening in the body?
4 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 long-term effects: People report ongoing fatigue, brain fog and breathlessness, so what's happening in the body?

ABC  

By now, we're getting a better understanding of what coronavirus disease looks like. How coronavirus affects the heart COVID-19 "long-haulers", as many of the people with prolonged symptoms are calling themselves, often describe ongoing exhaustion and shortness of breath. Other persistent symptoms people report have to do with the brain: "brain fog", sleeplessness and headaches. "Regardless of which cells it's …

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