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Some people infected with coronaviruses may have long-term "cognitive deficits" comparable to the aging of the 10-year brain,A new studyfound.Researchers at Imperial College London examined more than 84,000 people who had recovered from COVID19, finding that in some cases patients had significant cognitive cuts that last from months. Read for more than his warning and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.

Researchers found "important cognitive defects"

The cognitive decreases were particularly pronounced in people who had been seriously ill but who were also obvious in light cases. People who had been placed on a fan at some point in their illness have shown a cognitive decline equivalent to a person of 10 years older, on average.

"It is proven that Covid-19 could result in long-term health changes through acute symptoms, called" Long Covid ". Our analyzes ... Align yourself from the opinion that there are chronic cognitive consequences of Covid-19 ", wrote the researchers. "People who had recovered, including those who report more symptoms, have presented significant cognitive deficits."

The subjects of study tookTests that measure spatial memory, attention, ability to solve problems and how they dealt with emotions. Compared to a control group that was not sick, covident patients aggravated.

"These results should serve as a call for Clarion to more detailed research on the basis of cognitive deficits in people who have survived SARS-COV-2 infection, has written the authors.

Previous studies have found a disturbing association between coronavirus and durable neurological problems. In July, a study inThe lancet Says that 55% of COVID patients interviewed neurological problems reported more than three months after their diagnosis.Symptoms includedConfusion, brain fog, inability to focus, personality changes, insomnia and loss of taste and / or smell. The authors of the study warned that the Pandemic of COVID could result in a "cerebral damage epidemic", a phenomenon after the 1918 influenza pandemic.

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Many sources of possible cerebral damage

For what could cause neurological damage, scientists are still safe. But several other studies indicate that Covid-19 can be a vascular disease that attacks and damages the blood vessels. This could cause inflammation in the brain, a stroke or blood flow loss, which could explain the symptoms. Another theory is that Covid does not enter the brain, but causes an excessive reaction of the immune system that causes neurological damage.

NewspaperNatureA June 125 people study in the United Kingdom who had COVID revealed that 62% of them had some depreciation of brain blood supply, such as sunburn or haemorrhage, and 31% had changed mental states, such as confusion, sometimes accompanied by encephalitis (swelling of the brain).

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How to stay healthy

As for yourself, do everything you can to prevent you from installing - Covid-19 in the first place: wearing afacial maskBe tested if you think you have coronavirus, avoid crowds (and bars and evenings of the house), practice social distance, do only run essential races, wash your hands regularly, disinfect frequently affected areas and to cross this healthiest pandemic, do not miss these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.