This study shows links between Long COVID’s neurological effects, including brain fog and cognitive decline, and brain blood vessel integrity, offering hope for new treatments and diagnostic methods.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-024-01576-9 (open access)

  • @moshtradamus666
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    3710 months ago

    After covid I had some regular and unusually strong headaches for a while. Maybe my brain was bleeding?

    • @[email protected]
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      3410 months ago

      Unlikely. The most likely answer is that your sinuses never drained and you had a secondary infection.

      But it’s possible that leaky blood vessels had some effect. Note that leaky vessels are very different from an actual bleed.

      • @grue
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        1310 months ago

        A sinus headache is distinguishable from a regular headache, so I wouldn’t discount the leaky blood vessels possibility.

        Good point pointing out the difference between a “leak” and a “bleed,” though: if your brain is bleeding, that’s a full-blown emergency.