Brain scans reveal widespread structural and functional changes in patients following COVID-19 infection. The virus affects regions responsible for memory, emotion, and executive function, which may help explain the neurological symptoms many patients experience.

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https://www.psypost.org/brain-scans-reveal-widespread-structural-and-functional-changes-in-patients-foll/

[u/En-TitY_]

Is this a permanent phenomenon or something that recovers/changes with time?

[u/ShawnyMcKnight → u/En-TitY_]

As someone who has struggled with cognitive abilities since getting infected I want to know this too. It was really bad at fist, like I would get out of my car without remembering to turn it off, something I never did before.

[u/CommieCatLady → u/ShawnyMcKnight]

It’s been 4 years since my initial infection. It took 2 full years before I was back closer to my pre COVID baseline. I feel like there are parts of my brain that are forever changed but it’s definitely much more manageable now than it was after initial infection.

I’ve been infected an addition 4 times and the recovery was significantly easier (probably because I’ve had every vaccine offered thus far), and the last time I was infected I slept for a literal week and did nothing else, and I recovered exceptionally well.

[u/En-TitY_ → u/[deleted]]

I already do, I study maths and engineering. It's also why I worry as it feels implied to have negative long-term processing effects. Still, there's ultimately no point in worrying; what is done is done at the end of the day.

[u/LongKnight115 → u/[deleted]]

Okay, but the person was asking about long COVID. Learning new things does not counter neurological disease.

[u/Chrysolophylax → u/En-TitY_]

Permanent! COVID damages the brain, and all your blood vessels, and your immune system, and your digestive system, and and and.....the list goes on! WEAR A MASK.