Two new high-profile studies add to the increasingly worrisome picture of how even mild cases of COVID-19 can have detrimental effects on brain health.

From the article:

“…two new studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine shed further light on the profound toll of COVID-19 on cognitive health.” And in other studies cases “with mild to moderate COVID-19 showed significant prolonged inflammation of the brain and changes that are commensurate with seven years of brain aging.”

  • @Gradually_AdjustingEnglish
    54•9 months ago

    The loss was between 3 and 9 IQ depending on the severity of your case of COVID. Subjectively I used to feel smarter, that’s for damn sure.

    • @[email protected]
      27•9 months ago

      I don’t think it’s a decrease in IQ, but I definitely haven’t been able to shake the brain fog from mine.

      • @Gradually_AdjustingEnglish
        10•9 months ago

        I’ve had a little fogginess for sure. I might give lions mane a try, I’ve heard good things

        • Atelopus-zeteki
          -2•9 months ago

          Think a moment on the connection between Gut and Brain. Consider, especially if your case of La ‘Rona had GI symptoms and/or alterations in sleep patterns, using Prebiotics, e.g. Inulin, Green Banana Flour, and Probiotics (any live cultured foods that taste good to you, e.g. kimchi), the combination of which Pre + Pro = Synbiotics. Lions mane is also a beneficial nutraceutical / food. Exercise, tho’ not of the extreme type, can also benefit cognition.

    • @[email protected]
      2•9 months ago

      Same, feels like I became ten times as dumb even though iq score didn’t change much. It almost feels like language became harder to understand.

      • @[email protected]
        3•9 months ago

        I definitely find it harder to think of words when I’m talking to people and it seems like something that came about after COVID. Also, I have a much shorter fuse now and seem to get annoyed almost randomly.