We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury
The exact nature of long COVID is still coming to light, but we just got some of the best evidence yet that this debilitating condition stems from a brain injury.
Using high-resolution scanners, researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford have shown microscopic, structural abnormalities in the brainstems of those recovering from COVID-19.
Signs of brain inflammation were present up to 18 months after first contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
“We show that the brainstem is a site of vulnerability to long-term effects of COVID-19, with persistent changes evident in the months after hospitalization,” the authors of the study conclude.
https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae215
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That makes 2 of us. Been living with brain fog, memory loss, inability to pick out words when speaking, and now I set something down on a countertop, turn around, turn back and look and I literally can’t see the item I set there. I see everything else, even the countertop where the item is sitting. Generally I either panic or I get pissed at myself for being so stupid. And then all of a sudden, the item magically returns to view as a stare at it.
Oh, and just for fun, breathing is still hard. And all medical testing shows my lungs are just fine and there should be problem. My pulmonologist tells me I’m one of the lucky few to be so chosen-- in jest. (I had to search “lung doctor” because I couldn’t remember the word pulmonologist just now)
The inability to see something I’ve literally just dealt with after a short time has been happening to me for 45 years… since I suffered a TBI as a kid. I’ve never heard someone else talk about not just losing things but the madness of being unable to process the sensory input of something I WAS JUST HOLDING.
Thank you for highlighting this!
I’ve had covid twice now, despite original vaccinations, yearly boosters and wearing a mask constantly when around others. The firsf was likely from a careless dentist and second from an anti-vaxx family member. Thankfully no long covid to make my previously smushed brain even worse.
Man, I wish I had a brain injury or something to explain why I can lose something I set down without moving from my chair. I learned long ago to just ask someone else and it’s often right in the open.
not a doctor: mild doses of magic mushrooms. anything that helps promote neurological connections/growth would be worth looking into. you’ll still need to retrain your brain as well but you need the cells to do their thing and you to give them the right stims.
autonomic issue?
Not the one you responded to but it’s a couple things, generally just lungs feeling inflamed, difficulty taking a full breath, way more sensitive to air quality / air temperature, and a bit of autonomic (I have to use a cpap to fall asleep now because sometimes I just stop breathing as I’m falling asleep)
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