COVID-19 Infections Increase Risk of Long-Term Brain Problems: Strokes, Depression, Anxiety, Migraines

COVID-19 infections increase risk of long-term brain problems

A comprehensive analysis of federal data by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows people who have had COVID-19 are at an elevated risk of developing neurological conditions within the first year after infection. Movement disorders, memory problems, strokes and seizures are among the complications.

COVID raises risk of long-term brain injury, large U.S. study finds

People who had COVID-19 are at higher risk for a host of brain injuries a year later compared with people who were never infected by the coronavirus, U.S. researchers report.

Having COVID Raises Risk of Long-Term Brain Injury: Study

People who had COVID-19 have a higher chance of developing brain problems such as strokes, migraine headaches, and depression for a year after being infected compared to people who weren’t infected, a study published in Nature Medicine says.

Study Finds Link Between Covid And Long-Term Brain Injury Risks

Reuters reports the results of a new year-long study into brain health after a covid infection, finding increased risk of a host of brain injuries compared with people who hadn't caught covid. Separate studies link covid to lung damage and increased diabetes risk in kids.

Long-term neurologic outcomes of COVID-19 - Nature Medicine

The neurologic manifestations of acute COVID-19 are well characterized, but a comprehensive evaluation of postacute neurologic sequelae at 1 year has not been undertaken. Here we use the national healthcare databases of the US Department of Veterans Affairs to build a cohort of 154,068 individuals with COVID-19, 5,638,795 contemporary controls and 5,859,621 historical controls; we use inverse probability weighting to balance the cohorts, and esti

COVID raises risk of long-term brain injury, large U.S. study finds

People who had COVID-19 are at higher risk for a host of brain injuries a year later compared with people who were never infected by the coronavirus, a finding that could affect millions of Americans, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.