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Researchers find Alzheimer's-like brain changes in long Covid patients

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Re: Researchers find Alzheimer's-like brain changes in long Covid patients

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Post by freddie_mercury »

slavboj wrote: post #38

It's quite possible that the causality goes the other direction, and a baseline population of brain disorders is being ascribed to the last notable thing that happened to them (which has also happened to ~ the entire population at this point).

Not really, since the survey paper notes that the EEG pathologies were detected in 69-96% of patients, including children.

It is not plausible to propose that 69-96% of patients, including children, had undetected brain disorders and that was the direction of causality.

Re: Researchers find Alzheimer's-like brain changes in long Covid patients

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Post by goochphd »

OJFord wrote: post #41
lemarchr wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's global news to me. Hello from Australia! Edit: Ah wait, I think I get what you mean. By "global news" you mean it's been deemed worthy of sharing to an international audience by media outlets, as opposed to a crowdsourcing news source like HN. Is that right?

I mean when you write 'UK researchers find', especially to a global audience (which UoKentucky PR dept may not particularly have but HN does (Hello from the ( the !) UK)) that it sounds more like the country UK than the.. no offence intended but not exactly world renowned university. (I've heard of Kentucky, probably my first time hearing of its university in its own right - though I might have assumed it had one.)

I wouldn't read too much into it. UK is one of my alma maters. Everyone in that area of the US means "University of Kentucky" when they say "UK". It isn't a dig at the United Kingdom nor is it (I assume) an attempt to gain undue credibility by associating with the country. For the people there, UK as the University is simply the first order association for that acronym, rather than what is to them a faraway country that has no bearing on their day-to-day lives.

Re: Researchers find Alzheimer's-like brain changes in long Covid patients

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Post by goochphd »

BaculumMeumEst wrote: post #40

Fuck, I recently had Covid and I've been having trouble recalling things. Every other day or so I'll spend 5-10 seconds remembering the name of something. It's possible this happened before I got Covid, though... I don't remember!

This happened to me following a concussion. I worked with a therapist who suggested a "game" that could help my word recall. Every night before sleeping, pick a category and try to name an example from the category for each letter of the alphabet. Choose a different category every night so you're always challenging yourself.

Of course there's no substitute for working with a PT who specializes in post TBI recovery.

I've gained a lot of my recall back (though not at 100%).

Re: Researchers find Alzheimer's-like brain changes in long Covid patients

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Post by profsummergig »

goochphd wrote: post #63
BaculumMeumEst wrote: post #40

Fuck, I recently had Covid and I've been having trouble recalling things. Every other day or so I'll spend 5-10 seconds remembering the name of something. It's possible this happened before I got Covid, though... I don't remember!

This happened to me following a concussion. I worked with a therapist who suggested a "game" that could help my word recall. Every night before sleeping, pick a category and try to name an example from the category for each letter of the alphabet. Choose a different category every night so you're always challenging yourself. Of course there's no substitute for working with a PT who specializes in post TBI recovery. I…

> name an example from the category

Do you mean synonyms, or something else? Can you give an example of a category and A, B, C please? Thanks.

Re: Researchers find Alzheimer's-like brain changes in long Covid patients

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Post by goochphd »

profsummergig wrote: post #64
goochphd wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This happened to me following a concussion. I worked with a therapist who suggested a "game" that could help my word recall. Every night before sleeping, pick a category and try to name an example from the category for each letter of the alphabet. Choose a different category every night so you're always challenging yourself. Of course there's no substitute for working with a PT who specializes in post TBI recovery. I…

> name an example from the category Do you mean synonyms, or something else? Can you give an example of a category and A, B, C please? Thanks.

Yeah for sure. So say your category is "fruits and vegetables". You might say Avocado, Banana, Celery, etc. The goal is to challenge yourself, and it's more of a stretch than you'd think (but a good exercise). Or at least, it was a stretch for me especially at the beginning

Re: Researchers find Alzheimer's-like brain changes in long Covid patients

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Post by profsummergig »

goochphd wrote: post #65
profsummergig wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> name an example from the category Do you mean synonyms, or something else? Can you give an example of a category and A, B, C please? Thanks.

Yeah for sure. So say your category is "fruits and vegetables". You might say Avocado, Banana, Celery, etc. The goal is to challenge yourself, and it's more of a stretch than you'd think (but a good exercise). Or at least, it was a stretch for me especially at the beginning

Thanks. I seem to remember an article, about someone very accomplished, where they described their "sleep meditation"; it was something very similar.

Re: Researchers find Alzheimer's-like brain changes in long Covid patients

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Post by profsummergig »

My Covid "Toxo" hypothesis.

Hear me out.

Cat poop has something in it ("Toxo") that makes mice less afraid of cats. Win for cats.

I see so much scientifically-unsound* anti-vaxx hysteria from people who used to be otherwise quite intelligent and rational, that I suspect that Covid has done a number on them (like "Toxo" does a number on mice).

* IMHO, there can be rational hesitation to vaxx (Precautionary Principle, etc.) but I'm seeing "science-based mumbo jumbo".

Re: Researchers find Alzheimer's-like brain changes in long Covid patients

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Post by llm_trw »

xyst wrote: post #18

Today’s generations just do not get a break. Brain rot in the form of social media. Cognitive decline from possible long COVID. Constant exposure to microplastics from various sources (water contamination, water bottles, plastic wrapping, cars via tire breakdown). This timeline fucking sucks.

>Prior to 1910, for every 1,000 babies born in the United States, 165 died before their first birthday (Newmayer 1911).

https://www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/working/wp-2011-005.pdf

Today it is at 5 per 1,000.

Please read a history book before you start supporting a reset to what we used to have.

Re: Researchers find Alzheimer's-like brain changes in long Covid patients

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Post by meroes »

findthewords wrote: post #6

Alz is brain inflammatory response to viruses (among other foreing detritus) that got past the blood-brain barrier, so I'm not surprised.

I think so. My uncle had quick case (meaning he died relatively quickly) and I think him having to have every single teeth pulled due to poor oral hygiene might have contributed.

Re: Researchers find Alzheimer's-like brain changes in long Covid patients

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Post by ksenzee »

Aurornis wrote: post #51
unyttigfjelltol wrote: post #45

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These days I just blame everything on histomine dysfunction and marvel that the medical complex has been so reluctant to pick it up.[1] [1] https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/caution-advised-with-low-his...

Histamine and MCAS have been adopted by alternative medicine as an explanation for everything, but it’s not supported by science. Dieticians like the one you linked have been coming up with theories for how everything is caused by either too much or too little histamine for years. MCAS is particularly over diagnosed right now. The number of patients who think they have MCAS based on TikTok and Internet forums is so b…

Yeah, it's super fun for folks who do have these diagnoses, and now have to defend them. "The autonomic neurologist who diagnosed me said..." etc.
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