They are called Longhaulers, people who recovered from the coronavirus infection but have lingering symptoms. Some call the headaches, dizziness, and fatigue, brain fog.
“I’m seeing healthy people that did not have these serious manifestations of COVID, people that are athletic, don’t have underlying health conditions, that are reporting symptoms,” said Tulane Neurologist Dr. Michele Longo.
She says patients have:
Short term memory loss
Problems focusing
Problems concentrating
Problems finding words
Trouble with daily thinking
“I don’t think that there’s been evidence so far of direct involvement of the brain cells from the virus itself,” she added.
So then what causes it? Here are the theories:
People who had severe complications are more at risk
Respiratory problems caused lower oxygen
Other organs have been affected
Inflammation from the immune response
Fatigue from fighting the infection
And in a small number of cases clotting
