This scary symptom of common months after Covid, research shows

Coronavirus can have sustainable effects on the brain as a rule, no exception.


If you had a fight withCOVID-19 [Feminine And found that it was affected your mental health, you are not alone. In fact, new research suggests that Covid's "standard" has effects on the brain ranging from fatigue and depression, and even in light cases.

This is the conclusion ofA new review of studiespublished in theJournal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, which examined more than 105,000 people diagnosed with CVIV-19 diagnosis in 30 countries.

The researchers found thatThe loss of smell has been reported by 43% of the cipid patients, followed by a weakness (40%), fatigue (38%), loss of taste (37%), muscle pain (25%), of depression (23%), headache (21%) and anxiety (16%).

Even people with benign cases of civid-meaning, not requiring neurological effects reported by hospitalization: 55% had fatigue, 52% reported a loss of smell, 47% muscle pain, loss. taste of 45% taste and 44% experienced headaches.

"We expected the neurological and psychiatric symptoms to be more common in the severe Covid-19 cases, but we found that some symptoms seemed more common in light cases," said the main author of the study , Dr. Jonathan Rogers of UCL Psychiatry and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

He added, "It seems that Covid-19 affecting mental health and the brain is the norm, rather than the exception."

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What causes this?

Researchers are still not sure. Covid causes inflammation throughout the body and inflammation or reduced oxygen in the brain can be responsible for symptoms.

"Many factors could contribute to the neurological and psychiatric symptoms of the early stages of COVID-19 infection, including inflammation, altered oxygen deliverance to brain and psychological factors," Rogers said. "More studies are needed to better understand these links."

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In the meantime, doctors and patients should know that COVID can affect the health of the brain and mental health and to continue treatments, as appropriate, researchers said. "Neurological and psychiatric symptoms are very common among people with CVIV-19," said the joint author of the study, Dr. Alasdair Rooney from the University of Edinburgh. "With millions of people infected globally, even rare symptoms could substantially affect more people than in the usual times. Mental health services and neurological rehabilitation services should be additional resources for an increase in references . " So stay healthy out there and, if you try to lose weight, check these15 evidence-based weight loss tips say experts.


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