Researchers from the University of Oxford have found that people have an increased risk of certain brain diseases due to the coronavirus. Moreover, it remains so even two years after infection.
Oxford researchers have shed new light on the long-term neurological and psychiatric aspects of the coronavirus. In some patients, and many months after recovery, there was an increased incidence of various serious disorders, both neurological and psychiatric. These included epilepsy, psychosis, senile dementia, and intellectual disabilities, also called brain fog. It was logical to assume that this surge was explained precisely by the coronavirus, but it was embarrassing that the disorders appeared so late.
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And so scientists analyzed the data of the case histories of more than 1 million people around the world. It shows that while the risk declined to the average for most common psychiatric disorders in the first few months after recovery from coronavirus, it remained elevated for a range of disorders. The danger of so-called fog in the head, which is generally a common complaint of patients with coronavirus and after it, has persisted for a particularly long time.
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Fog in the head or confusion – the loss of the ability to concentrate on certain tasks. This disorder makes it extremely difficult to perform professional duties, and often its victims are even forced to take sick leave or leave work. Confusion is one of the most common manifestations of post-COVID syndrome. (READ MORE) 
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