08/25/2022

COVID-19 May Have Long-term Effects on the Brain

Long COVID is a growing problem worldwide

COVID-19 has proven capable of affecting nearly every part of the body—including the brain.

A study of 1.28 million people who had the disease, published August 17 in the Lancet Psychiatry, sheds light on the often complex, and sometimes long-term, impacts of COVID-19 on the minds of kids and adults.

Analyzing data from patients in the U.S. and several other countries, researchers found that within the first two months of getting COVID-19, people were more likely to experience anxiety and depression than people who got a different type of respiratory infection. And for up to two years after, people remained at greater risk for conditions such as brain fog, psychosis, seizures and dementia.

Please select this link to read the complete article from TIME.