Coronavirus: Study finds COVID-19 could speed up ageing by 20 years; here’s how

Growing evidence suggests COVID-19 can affect the brain, leading to lasting cognitive and mental health problems. Symptoms such as brain fog, fatigue, sleep disturbances, anxiety and PTSD have been reported by patients months after their recovery.According to the recent study, recovered COVID patients who experienced severe illness suffered from cognitive loss. Professor David Menon, another study author said, ” “Cognitive impairment is common to a wide range of neurological disorders, including dementia, and even routine ageing.”“But the patterns we saw – the cognitive ‘fingerprint’ of Covid-19 – were distinct from all of these,” he adds. Patients involved in the study took brain tests an average of six months after their illness using the Cognitron platform. This measured their mental abilities including memory, attention and reasoning. The results were then compared with healthy controls.

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