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Research shows long COVID sufferers show impaired brain function

Studies indicate that Covid-19 attacks and damages the brain, possibly permanently

Efeitos de longo prazo da COVID-19 devem afetar 1.4 milhões de australianos. Source: Getty Images

New research into the impact of long COVID on the brain shows sufferers experience memory loss and difficulty concentrating similar to people with traumatic brain injuries and stroke.


 

New research carried out at the long COVID clinic at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney has found around 20 per cent of patients suffer memory loss and brain fog, with no improvement 12-months on.

The research found that people suffering from long COVID-19 didn't necessarily become severely sick with the virus when they had it.

 

In fact nine out of ten weren't hospitalised.


 

 

 


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