{"id":394926,"date":"2022-01-16T20:26:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T17:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/seven-ways-covid-can-affect-your-brain\/"},"modified":"2022-01-16T20:26:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T17:26:34","slug":"seven-ways-covid-can-affect-your-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seven-ways-covid-can-affect-your-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"#Seven ways COVID can affect your brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26bb39b9a03\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seven-ways-covid-can-affect-your-brain\/#7_neurological_events_caused_by_Covid\" >7 neurological events caused by Covid:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Seven ways COVID can affect your brain<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Covid is largely thought of as an illness that mostly affects your lungs, with the effect it can have on the brain less known.<\/p>\n<p>But as well as causing obvious physical symptoms, the virus can also spark neurological ones too \u2014 and these are the ones that tend to last longer.<\/p>\n<p>In what is traditionally a respiratory illness, medics were surprised when people began complaining of headaches, delirium,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/3409490\/people-had-covid-substantial-drop-intelligence-study\/\">brain fog<\/a>\u00a0and loss of smell or taste at the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>And in the more seriously ill, things like strokes and blocked blood vessels in the brain were soon being reported.<\/p>\n<p>A string of\u00a0hugely positive studies\u00a0show Omicron is milder than other strains, with the first official UK report revealing the risk of hospitalization is\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/health\/4329965\/omicron-mild-disease-boosters-work-report\/\">50 to 70 per cent lower than with Delta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Covid booster jabs protect against Omicron and offer the best chance to get through the pandemic, health officials have repeatedly said.<\/p>\n<p>The Sun\u2019s\u00a0Jabs Army\u00a0campaign is helping get the vital extra vaccines in Brits\u2019 arms to ward off the need for any new restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>One in five Covid patients could suffer with cerebral vascular events, according to Professor James Goodwin.<\/p>\n<p>He explained<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/health-fitness\/body\/covid-does-brain-can-do-prevent\/\">\u00a0in the Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0this is because infections send our immune system into overdrive, and in some people who have a huge viral load, it can cause an uncontrolled response.<\/p>\n<p>This is the release of a large amount of inflammatory molecules \u2014 known as a cytokine storm \u2014 to the infected area.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-brain3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"MRI brain scan\" class=\"wp-image-20853598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-brain3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-brain3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-brain3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Other organs such as the heart, liver and kidneys can be damaged by COVID-19 due to low oxygen.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It mainly affects the lungs, and can spark acute respiratory distress syndrome, failure and sometimes death.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not only the lungs that are hit by an immune system in overdrive \u2014 other organs such as the heart, liver and kidneys can be damaged due to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/2447005\/covid-could-starve-brain-oxygen-terrifying-side-effect\/\">low oxygen,<\/a>\u00a0inflammation and blood clotting.<\/p>\n<p>The brain can also be hit by this too, and become injured in the body\u2019s attempt to fight back against the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Goodwin said medics now know that Covid gets into the brain through tightly sealed blood vessels which surround the organ.<\/p>\n<p>Spikes in the virus grab onto receptors, replicate inside them and then move on into the brain.<\/p>\n<p>With the body in panic-mode an inflammation response tries to defeat the virus by breaking down the blood vessels, causing damage which also impacts the immune system.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_neurological_events_caused_by_Covid\"><\/span>7 neurological events caused by Covid:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Headaches<\/li>\n<li>Brain fog<\/li>\n<li>Delirium<\/li>\n<li>Strokes<\/li>\n<li>Blood clots<\/li>\n<li>Loss of smell<\/li>\n<li>Hallucinations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After recovering some people can then experience serious neurological, behavioral or psychiatric disorders, due to the (often temporary) scars left in the brain.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-brain2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Digital illustration of macro Covid-19 cells floating over a human brain.\" class=\"wp-image-20853597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-brain2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-brain2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-brain2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>People have reportedly experienced hallucinations and hearing sounds after getting Covid-19.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These can include hallucinations and hearing sounds that aren\u2019t there, as the brain reconfigures itself after the virus.<\/p>\n<p>And you don\u2019t have to have been struck down terribly badly to experience mild neurological issues or brain fog while recovering from Covid.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/health\/4405691\/full-list-20-omicron-symptoms\/\">brain fog is probably quite a common feeling for people emerging back into the world after the illness<\/a>, even with milder Omicron.<\/p>\n<p>It is simply from the virus having invaded \u2014 or tried to invade \u2014 your brain and the damage done to the cells in the subsequent battle.<\/p>\n<p>But this doesn\u2019t need to be a frightening read, as research shows the cells repair quickly and efficiently, as well as being pretty resilient.<\/p>\n<p>It might just mean a few days, weeks, or months in some unlucky cases, of feeling not quite as sharp as normal \u2013 as your brain bounces back.<\/p>\n<p>However if you or a loved one starts to display unusual behavior or hallucinating, get medical help as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on\u00a0<\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/health\/4473758\/covid-affects-the-brain\/\"><em>The Sun<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and was reproduced here with permission.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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