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Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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Re: Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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Leaky blood brain barrier does not bode well for the future, especially with mass and repeated infections. This is associated with Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other neurodegenerstive disorders:

https://www.nature.com/articles/nrneurol.2017.188

Re: Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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The silver lining of long Covid research is that much of it may be applicable to other diseases or ailments: https://bessstillman.substack.com/p/the-unexpected-gift-of-c...

And, while it's unlikely a cure will be found for people currently affected, if we're lucky we can probably do something to help the next generation avoid the same issues.

Re: Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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Recently read an article suggesting that we should drop the term Long Covid, as it implies that there is something unique about it, when the research seems to show that the impairment post-Covid is very similar to that from Influenza:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/15/long-covid-s...

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