COVID-19 survivors may experience these two newly discovered side effects

There are some recurring side effects that are now being associated with post-COVID-19 (also known as “long COVID”) symptoms. Memory loss and cognitive dysfunction are common symptoms associated with survivors of the virus, according to a new study.

The study, published on the JAMA Network Open, was conducted on patients interned in the Mount Sinai Health System. The researchers evaluated the cognitive functions of 740 patients infected with COVID-19 and rated their most common symptoms. The two most common symptoms were memory loss (24%) and memory recall (23%).

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Both symptoms are related to what we informally refer to as “brain fog”. Memory encoding enables you to perform basic tasks, such as: B. remember a location or a phone number. Memory recall refers to the steps you take to get these reminders. These results were achieved by asking people to memorize words and categories and displaying the subjects’ numbers on a screen and asking them to remember them later.

The worse the illness, the more common these symptoms were, with the study showing that hospital patients performed worse on these mental tasks than patients who were not hospitalized.

Brain fog is a term we often use to refer to any spacey feeling in our brain. It makes focusing, paying attention to the surroundings, attuning to conversations, and a lot more difficult.

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Post-COVID-19 symptoms (also known as “long-term COVID”) affect a significant number of people, according to a study published earlier this month. The study found that of the 236 million people diagnosed with COVID-19, half of them had prolonged COVID-19 symptoms that can range from severe disability to mild impairment.

Other long-term COVID-19 symptoms include fatigue, cough, joint pain, depression, anxiety, fever, and more.