75% of study participants with severe persistent symptoms of Lung Covid reported long periods of being unable to work. (Credits: Shutterstock)
The only way to deal with Long Covid or any of its variants of the virus is to take as many precautions as possible.
Covid-19 has shown too many variations in the symptoms people experience when they contract the virus. Some suffer from these symptoms for a shorter period of time and others have to deal with them for a longer period of time. While most of the symptoms resemble viral fevers and colds, there are other symptoms that ‘Tall Covid-19 patients’ suffer from. Two of these are memory and concentration problems. These neurological symptoms are seen in about 70 percent of patients suffering from Lung Covid.
This is according to research by researchers at Cambridge University. They tested 181 Lung Covid patients where these were the statistics related to neurological disorders:
- Concentration problems – 78%
- Brain fog – 69%
- Forgetfulness – 68%
- Choosing words to talk – 60%
All of these numbers came after the volunteers completed multiple tasks that measured their decision-making ability and memory. 75% of study participants with severe persistent symptoms of Lung Covid reported long periods of being unable to work.
The study also examined other symptoms that may be related to these cognitive problems. The researcher found that people who had symptoms such as dizziness and headaches during the early Covid days were more susceptible to the aforementioned cognitive irregularities.
dr. Muzaffer Kaser, one of the researchers and working in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge and consultant psychiatrist in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, said: “This is important evidence that when people say they have cognitive problems after COVID-19, are not necessarily the result of anxiety or depression, the effects are measurable – there is something alarming going on.” He also suggested that memory problems could have a negative effect on a person’s daily life and that this, in turn, could be bad for their efficiency in the workplace.
The only way to deal with Long Covid or any of the variants of the virus is to take as many precautions as possible against the virus and take extra good care of yourself if you catch it.
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