COVID survivors have been warned that the brain could be irreversibly harmed by the virus. The major organ has been shown in dozens of studies to be damaged in even the mildest forms of Covid illne…
Professor Gwenaëlle Douaud, lead author on the study, said: “Despite the infection being mild for 96 per cent of our participants, we saw a greater loss of grey matter volume, and greater tissue damage in the infected participants.
People who had been on a ventilator during their Covid sickness were most likely to see a decline in scores. Covid patients scored significantly worse in episodic memory and in their ability to sustain attention on a task over time.
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