https://www.youtube .com/watch?v=szyHCvtsJ_c
Brain fog. Memory lapses. Difficulties focusing or sustaining attention. All these cognitive issues have plagued some who have otherwise recovered from a bout of Covid-19. In this video, Stanford neurologist Michelle Monje describes her work showing how even mild respiratory infections with the SARS-CoV-2 virus may lead to lingering problems with the brain. Monje, who has long treated and studied cancer patients with similar symptoms following chemotherapy, says that the damage isn’t necessarily caused by the virus itself. Instead, her work suggests that inflammatory molecules released in the lungs of someone with Covid may trigger a reaction of immune cells in the brain. These brain cells, called microglia, then start a cascade of signals that alter the behavior of other brain cells, eventually slowing communication between neurons. The good news, Monje says, is that the similarities to what she calls “chemobrain” may mean that many of these persistent cognitive problems will improve with time, just as chemobrain does. READ MORE: Reset: The Science of Crisis & Recovery https://knowablemagazine.org/report/reset ANNUAL REVIEW OF IMMUNOLOGY Neuroinflammation During RNA Viral Infections Some RNA viruses can infiltrate the brain and central nervous system. While the immune response often succeeds in clearing the pathogen, it may also cause inflammation and, in some cases, persistent changes that result in neurologic and psychiatric disease. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-immunol-042718-041417
And this is why people need to be really careful and not go out around people they don’t know where they’ve been without an N95 mask on, because death is not necessarily the worst that can happen. If you become disabled and can no longer work then that hurts the economy more than those temporary shut-downs did. Many employees have died or become too disabled to go back to work and that’s why there is still a worker shortage. People need to remember that this is not the common cold and you don’t necessarily go back to normal afterwards. Recovery means you are rid of the virus at levels tests can detect, but it doesn’t mean you’re fine now. There have been studies of asymptomatic people that tested positive who show permanent lung damage on chest X-ray afterwards, often after they find that they can no longer exercise like they used to without being too fatigued or short of breath. It’s too early to tell whether these after-effects are reversible; brain signaling *maybe*, but like she says, a person may be left predisposed to other neurological diseases. Without doing a brain biopsy and/or following these patients long-term with repeated imaging there is only so much that can be determined about what permanent damage exists.
Demon eyes
When I had covid all it was for me was like confusion as just that something not right hot actually sick or ill and I am filled with flem sinuses allergies that now just not go away
This was super informative and I’d love to know more, can anyone point me in a direction of any studies on this?
I just finished my 3rd Covid infection over Christmas weekend and being asthmatic it obviously has destroyed my breathing but, the fatigue, confusion, weakness, pains, and just all around difficulty with everyday normal functions has suffered greatly as well as a tremor in my hands that won’t stop. Before my first infection I was hiking 10+ miles both weekend days, in Pennsylvania harsh trails, Trail running and always outdoors now I’m lucky to make it 20 feet without my inhalers.
Life is over for me at 53 years old and the virus is the reaper
Maximize Vaccinations?!? Where has she been for 3 years?!?!?
Sometimes you may need to slow down to catch up…
Though the early bird gets the worm …it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese…
It’s a bio-weapon why not describe it as such? And how dangerous is The Jab? It’s not a vaccine people.
Maximize your vaccinations is the absolute last thing anybody needs. Especially untested experimental ones. How about the CDC allows use of the nobel prize winning drug ivermectin?
This is True I Experience
The effects of covid 19 and the vaccine must both be investigated and published
All my smart friends that have taken the vaccination don’t seem as smart.
I’ve noticed that they walk around in the brain fog, that wasn’t there before. So in my opinion the neurological health crisis is self-induced by the pharmaceutical companies and the federal government.
Thanks for nothing Pfizer and biotech
I had COVID in October 2022, it’s finally found me. I’ve had trouble with recall and memory to the point I’ve told my boss I don’t know what’s wrong with me but I’m having some issues. He thankfully is supportive b
Why is China not talking about long COVID?