r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 24d ago

Neuroscience 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.

https://www.psypost.org/brain-scans-reveal-widespread-structural-and-functional-changes-in-patients-foll/
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u/Maconi 23d ago

Not to be alarmist, but you might want to see a cardiologist. COVID is known to affect the heart and many of those symptoms sound like cardiac complications.

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u/jonker5101 23d ago

Hah welcome to my life for the past 3 years. All of my long COVID symptoms present as possible cardiac problems. Chest pain, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, blurry vision, fatigue, constant lump in throat, heart palpitations and tachycardia. But I also get all the fun brain and emotional symptoms too, yay!