Authors: Terri-Ann Williams Published: 11:08 ET, Nov 22 2022 The Sun IF you’ve had Covid-19 then you could be plagued by memory issues, researchers have warned. Experts at Hull York Medical School said memory function can improve over time, but that those with ongoing Covid symptoms could continue to experience issues. This is also known as long Covid, with […]
Gerard J Nuovo 1, Cynthia Magro 2, Toni Shaffer 3, Hamdy Awad 4, David Suster 5, Sheridan Mikhail 3, Bing He 2, Jean-Jacques Michaille 6, Benjamin Liechty 2, Esmerina Tili 4 PMID: 33360731 PMCID: PMC7758180DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2020.151682 Abstract Neurologic complications of symptomatic COVID-19 are common. Brain tissues from 13 autopsies of people who died of COVID-19 were examined. Cultured endothelial and neuronal cells were incubated with and wild type mice were injected IV with different spike subunits. In […]
Authors: Date:nnNovember 14, 2022 University of Basel Summary:It’s not uncommon for people to lose their sense of taste and smell due to a COVID-19 infection. In others, the disease has had an even stronger impact on the nervous system, with effects ranging from lasting concentration problems to strokes. Now, researchers have reported new insights into […]
Authors: Marina Zheng via The Epoch Times Novemer 22, 2022 Ivermectin has been hailed as a “wonder drug” and, according to the UNESCO World Science Report, a critical component of “one of the most triumphant public health campaigns ever waged in the developing world.” However, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Institutes of […]
Authors: Marcia Frellick July 28, 2021 British Journal of Ophthalmology Evidence of “long COVID” may be present in a patient’s eyes, according to a small study published online this week in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The researchers found that nerve fiber loss and an increase in dendritic or key immune cells on the cornea may help identify long […]
Authors: Ayman G. Elnahry, Zainab B. Asal, Noreen Shaikh, Kate Dennett,Mai N. Abd Elmohsen,Gehad A. Elnahry International Journal of Neuroscience Abstract Purpose We report two cases of optic nerve pathology after the administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccines, respectively, and describe the implications for management of post-vaccination central nervous system (CNS) inflammation. Case […]
Authors: Mary Stroka September 1st, 2021 Patients with long COVID-19 have corneal small nerve fiber damage and increased dendritic cells (DCs), investigators found in a study published in British Journal of Ophthalmology. An estimated 80% of patients who recover from COVID-19 continue to have at least 1 symptom, sign, or abnormal laboratory parameter, beyond 2 weeks after initial […]
Authors: Medical Author: Rohini Radhakrishnan, ENT, Head and Neck Surgeon Medical Reviewer: Pallavi Suyog Uttekar, MD Medicine Net Recent studies have found that COVID-19 can affect multiple organs, including the eyes. In some cases, the virus can enter the body through the eyes when rubbed with infected hands or if respiratory droplets from an affected person happen […]
Authors: Seyfettin Erdem, Mine Karahan, Sedat Ava, Mehmet Emin Dursun, eyla Hazar & Ugur Keklikci\\\Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimentalm Ophthalmology volume 259, pages2295–2300 (2021) Abstract Purpose To demonstrate the effects of the disease on the corneal endothelium in individuals recovering from COVID-19 through specular microscopy. Methods Eighty individuals recovering from COVID-19 (group 1) and 72 healthy controls (group 2) were […]
Authors: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplant November 18. 2022 Purpose: Anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS- CoV-2) vaccination is recommended by AST, ISHLT, and CDC in all transplant recipients. Lung transplant recipients (LTR) are at a higher risk of developing severe symptoms due to higher immunosuppression (IS) an baseline compromised graft […]