20-01-2022, 09:45 AM
Cerebrospinal fluid offers clues to post-COVID 'brain fog'
Some patients who develop new cognitive symptoms after a mild bout of COVID have abnormalities in their cerebrospinal fluid similar to those found in people with other infectious diseases.
"Brain fog" is a common after-effect of COVID, affecting some 67 percent of 156 patients at a post-COVID clinic in New York, a study published this month shows.
Testing May Fall Short in Diagnosing Mild Cognitive Disorders
"If people tell us they have new thinking and memory issues, I think we should believe them rather than require that they meet certain severity criteria."
Cognitive symptoms have been identified in other viruses, in addition to COVID and HIV. These include the coronaviruses SARS and MERS, hepatitis C and Epstein-Barr virus.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...111405.htm
Some patients who develop new cognitive symptoms after a mild bout of COVID have abnormalities in their cerebrospinal fluid similar to those found in people with other infectious diseases.
"Brain fog" is a common after-effect of COVID, affecting some 67 percent of 156 patients at a post-COVID clinic in New York, a study published this month shows.
Testing May Fall Short in Diagnosing Mild Cognitive Disorders
"If people tell us they have new thinking and memory issues, I think we should believe them rather than require that they meet certain severity criteria."
Cognitive symptoms have been identified in other viruses, in addition to COVID and HIV. These include the coronaviruses SARS and MERS, hepatitis C and Epstein-Barr virus.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...111405.htm