{"id":5988,"date":"2022-12-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=5988"},"modified":"2022-12-30T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T06:00:00","slug":"warning-to-anyone-whos-had-covid-over-side-effect-which-could-impact-you-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=5988","title":{"rendered":"Warning to anyone who\u2019s had Covid over side effect which could impact you every day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authors: Terri-Ann Williams<\/a> Published: 11:08 ET, Nov 22 2022 The Sun<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IF you’ve had Covid-19 then you could be plagued by memory issues, researchers have warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experts at Hull York Medical School said memory function can improve over time, but that those with ongoing Covid symptoms<\/a> could continue to experience issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is also known as long Covid<\/a>, with many Brits suffering with the condition, which includes symptoms such as anxiety, brain fog and severe fatigue<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medics said that it’s widely known the virus can cause respiratory issues, but that memory issues aren’t as well researched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experts used an online anonymous survey which included a memory quiz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 5,400 people took part between December 2020 and July 2021, with around 31 per cent having had one Covid infection during that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The factors which significantly affected memory scores were found to be Covid-19 status, age, time post-Covid and whether individuals were experiencing ongoing symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experts also looked at memory scores and found that those over the age of 25 had a decline in function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing in Plos One, they said that memory scores gradually increased over a period of 17 months post-Covid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, those with ongoing symptoms continued to show a reduction in memory scores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Heidi Baseler, senior lecturer in imaging sciences at Hull York Medical School, University of York, who was first author on the study, said: \u201cAlthough it is well known that Covid-19 affects the respiratory system, it is perhaps less well known that it can also have neurological consequences and affect cognitive function, such as memory.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s important to note that the study was conducted at a time when Covid variants such as Alpha and Delta were in circulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current strain doing the rounds, Omicron<\/a>, has proven to be milder<\/a> than those that came before it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Millions of Brits also now have protection from the bug in the form of vaccines or prior infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Baseler added: \u201cWhat the study demonstrates is that Covid-19 negatively impacts working memory or short-term memory function, but only in adults aged 25 years and over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile the survey suggests that memory function with Covid-19 can recover over time, our findings indicate that those with ongoing symptoms may continue to experience difficulty with short-term memory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A study published earlier this week<\/a> also revealed that the illness can impact the brain up to six months after you have recovered from the bug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experts at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi found that those who had the virus had a significantly higher chance of abnormal changes in the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changes were mostly seen in the frontal lobe and medics said this region is mostly linked to fatigue<\/a>, insomnia<\/a>, anxiety, depression, headaches and cognitive problems,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-author Sapna S. Mishra, a PhD. candidate at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi said: “Our study highlights this new aspect of the neurological effects of Covid-19 and reports significant abnormalities in Covid survivors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous studies<\/a> have shown that the virus can increase your risk of developing seizures or epilepsy within six months of being infected, medics in Oxford<\/a> found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing in the journal Neurology<\/a>, the team at the University of Oxford said Covid poses a greater risk of the complication than flu – but added the overall risk is still low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The increased risk was more noticeable in children than in adults and was also more common in those who had not been hospitalised with a Covid-19 infection, they found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July<\/a>, medics in Denmark found that those who have the bug are more at risk of developing brain complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They found that 43,375 people who tested positive had a 3.5 times increased risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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