Neurological
Neurological post Covid conditions will take longer to manifest in large numbers, but there are already countless studies showing brain damage and doctors and scientists within this field of expertise are warning that Covid is likely to be capable of triggering early onset dementia, Parkinsons and general cognitive decline.
One of the dominant symptoms of Long Covid is ‘brain fog’, a patient coined term that doesn’t really convey the seriousness of the underlying damage.
The loss of smell experienced by many is a result of damage to the olfactory centre in the brain, aka brain damage. This is the canary in the coalmine for neurologists who understand what it means that the virus is capable of directly affecting the brain.
Since the start of 2024 there has been a flood of published studies showing what is happening in the brain. They all paint a similar picture. The picture is incredibly worrying.
Resources:
February 2024 - Prospective Memory Assessment before and after Covid-19
February 2024 - Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample
March 2022 - EXPERT REACTION: “Significant” brain changes documented after mild COVID-19