This study suggests that COVID-19 patients may have long-term cognitive and behavioral problems.
T his study suggests that COVID-19 patients may have long-term cognitive and behavioral problems. The Japanese Academy of Neurology (EAN) highlights the need for a longer study. go to class Researchers at Vita Salute San Rafaele University in Milan, Italy, have identified memory, spatial perception and information processing problems eight weeks later as a result of the virus's effect on patients following Covid-19 infection. They found that the more severe the respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 in hospitals, the worse the executive function. In this study, conducted in Italy, patients were tested for neurological performance and MRI was performed two months after symptoms of COVID-19 appeared. One in five patients reported post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and 16% had symptoms of depression. More than 50% of patients present with cognitive impairment, 16% of executive functions (working memory, flexible thinking, information processing), 6% of spatial proble...