"....two new studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine shed further light on the profound toll of COVID-19 on cognitive health." And in other studies cases "with mild to moderate COVID-19 showed significant prolonged inflammation of the brain and changes that are commensurate with seven years of brain aging."

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[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do other viruses do this too?

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes.

There are of course varying levels of inflammation so some are going to be worse than others. There are also different contributing factors, like high fevers that can also impact the brain in addition to the swelling.

So not completely unique to covid, but the way that it happens with covid is the concerning part.

[–] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

a few years ago i noticed that i was constantly hot. i always needed a fan even when others would need a sweater. doctors couldn't find a cause, so the only explanation i got was that some virus may have altered my hypothalamus. i'm back to normal now, took 3 years to normalize.