For many people, long COVID
has associations with serious
neurological and neurocognitive
impairments
For many people, long COVID has associations with serious neurological and
neurocognitive impairments, a phenomenon sometimes known as neuro-COVID.
Why does this happen, and who is most at risk? In this Special Feature and
podcast, we speak to two researchers and a person with lived experience of
neuro-COVID to find out more.
Now, researchers in Dublin, Ireland have proposed that the
blood-brain barrier could be affected in patients with long COVID and
cognitive impairment, and that the system that underpins coagulation of
the blood could also be disrupted.
They have also proposed a couple of ways this discovery could help with
diagnosis. Their findings are published in Nature Neuroscience.
Cognitive impairment lasting more than 3 months affects over a fifth (22%) of
people who had an infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Described colloquially as “brain fog”, this symptom — associated with a post-viral
condition called “long COVID” — can be debilitating for some people who are
affected, but there is little understanding of the mechanisms underpinning it.
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For many people, long COVID has associations with serious neurological and neurocognitive impairments 1
Now, researchers in Dublin, Ireland have proposed that the
blood-brain barrier could be affected in patients with long COVID and
cognitive impairment, and that the system that underpins coagulation of
the blood could also be disrupted.
They have also proposed a couple of ways this discovery could help with
diagnosis. Their findings are published in Nature Neuroscience.
Now, researchers in Dublin, Ireland have proposed that the
blood-brain barrier could be affected in patients with long COVID and
cognitive impairment, and that the system that underpins coagulation of
the blood could also be disrupted.
They have also proposed a couple of ways this discovery could help with
diagnosis. Their findings are published in Nature Neuroscience.
Now, researchers in Dublin, Ireland have proposed that the
blood-brain barrier could be affected in patients with long COVID and
cognitive impairment, and that the system that underpins coagulation of
the blood could also be disrupted.
They have also proposed a couple of ways this discovery could help with
diagnosis. Their findings are published in Nature Neuroscience.
Lack of understanding of the mechanisms underpinning these symptoms makes it
difficult to both diagnose and treat.
Some of the mechanisms that researchers have suggested contribute to long
COVID include microclots, as SARS-CoV-2 appears to affect the lining of blood
vessels, and low serotonin that may play a role in brain fog.
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Cognitive impairment lasting more than 3 months affects over a fifth (22%) of
people who had an infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Described colloquially as “brain fog”, this symptom — associated with a post-viral
condition called “long COVID” — can be debilitating for some people who are
affected, but there is little understanding of the mechanisms underpinning it.
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