COVID-19 may cause greater loss of brain matter than naturally happens, and coronavirus could hide in different areas of the body, two separate studies suggest.
is rounding up some of the most notable coronavirus news making headlines online. Here’s what you need to know for Monday, March 7.COVID-19 may cause greater brain damage than naturally occurs in people who have not been infected with the virus, a large new British study suggests.
It showed that patients with COVID-19 had greater loss of gray matter and brain tissue damage, researchers said. The study is believed to be one of the first involving people who underwent brain scans both before and after they contracted the illness.The study, involving people aged 51 to 81, found shrinkage and tissue damage primarily in brain areas related to sense of smell,The study involved 785 Britons who each underwent two brain scans roughly three years apart, as well as cognitive testing.
The other 384 participants formed a control group because they had not been infected with COVID-19 and had similar characteristics to the infected patients.People with COVID-19 could have several different variants hidden away from the immune system in different parts of the body,This could make complete clearance of the virus from the body, whether by antibodies or antibody treatments, much more difficult, the authors said.