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Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scores (theconversation.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Bebo@literature.cafe to c/science@lemmy.world

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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."

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[–] frefi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Autopsy studies of people who had severe COVID-19 but died months later from other causes showed that the virus was still present in brain tissue. This provides evidence that contrary to its name, SARS-CoV-2 is not only a respiratory virus, but it can also enter the brain in some individuals. But whether the persistence of the virus in brain tissue is driving some of the brain problems seen in people who have had COVID-19 is not yet clear.

Um, scary TIL...

I wonder if this compounds in any way for people who've been infected multiple times.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

From the article: " Reinfection with the virus contributed an additional two-point loss in IQ, as compared with no reinfection." So yes, there can be a compounding. It's research like this that makes me want to keep my 'mask, handwash, neti washing, indoor air filtration, avoid crowds indoors, etc' policy in place. Sigh.

[–] frefi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you, I must've missed that part 😅

I agree with you there.

I think a lot of people who don't care about the virus are the ones who should be the most concerned about these findings

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would have to agree. Alas, it's entirely possible that their loss of cognitive function, decreased I.Q., is preventing them from this sort of understanding.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

they also started a good shuffle on over to the left of the mean

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